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MedPage TodayHow Well Does the Monkeypox Vax Work? No One Knows for Sure

An efficacy number that’s been widely and unquestioningly quoted by various media organizations — “85% effective” or “at least 85% effective” — is based entirely on a small study done in Africa in the 1980s that has major limitations and with “pretty weak” findings.

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