Will Monkeypox Vaccines Become Compulsory Too?

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" in an illustration taken on May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Earlier this year, there began an upsurge in monkeypox cases, and talks of vaccination for the disease quickly followed. On June 23, the World Health Organization convened an emergency committee to discuss the global outbreak, which was not defined as a public health emergency at the time.

What is the effectiveness and safety of the monkeypox vaccines? Is it possible for governments to start mandatory vaccination against monkeypox?

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As of early July, there are more than 1,000 cases in Europe, and Canada and the United States each have several hundred cases. It is noteworthy that there are multiple simultaneous outbreaks across these two continents, which may be caused by mutations in the virus or environmental changes. And this is a cause for concern.