WHO Admits Everyone Who Gets Monkeypox Vaccine Part of ‘Clinical Trial’ to Collect Data

WHO Admits Everyone Who Gets Monkeypox Vaccine Part of ‘Clinical Trial’ to Collect Data
A health care worker prepares to administer a vaccine to a person for the prevention of monkeypox in the Pride Center in Wilton Manors, Florida, on July 12, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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A top World Health Organization (WHO) official conceded that everyone who gets a monkeypox vaccine is essentially part of a “clinical trial” to collect information on whether the shot is effective.

The comments came as the agency’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overruled a WHO advisory panel and declared monkeypox a global health emergency, which is the agency’s highest level alert. The last time the WHO issued such an emergency was in early 2020 when it made the same declaration for COVID-19.

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