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elliothyoung t1_ixosygi wrote

Reply to comment by OneHumanPeOple in UK study suggests single dose of monkeypox vaccine is 78% effective by tonymmorley

Fomite transmission is extremely rare. That’s a fact.

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OneHumanPeOple t1_ixouzxp wrote

These cases didn’t arise from

>male-male butt-sex.

So how was not engaging in that behavior

>100% effective?

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elliothyoung t1_ixox1ci wrote

They’re so rare they are statistically insignificant, thus, statistically, they’re not different from zero. Therefore, it is a waste of time to consider them. We don’t make policy on outliers.

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