A Chinese piece about monkeypox:
Most of it are the usual stuff, like what is monkeypox, how it spreads, treatment and cure, etc. including why the younger population could be more vulnerable to the virus.
"Smallpox vaccines have about 85% efficacy against monkeypox. But since smallpox was eliminated from human population, all countries have stopped vaccinating their children for smallpox. WHO found that the middle age and younger generations who have not received smallpox vaccines are more vulnerable to monkeypox in countries where it's found spreading."
研究提示，天花疫苗针对猴痘大约有85%的有效性。但在全世界根除天花后，各国停止了对儿童接种疫苗。WHO发现，在发现猴痘的国家，中年和年轻人感染猴痘的风险可能更大，因为这些人在儿童时期没有接种过天花疫苗。
At the end, the author brings up the risk of monkeypox to China and calls for preparation, from educating the population about the virus, to investing in research for diagnosis and test methods, to buiiding up stock of vaccines and drugs.
"There has been no case reported in China so far. However, there is always the risk of it being imported in the future. The risk is getting higher as the number of cases increasing in Europe and N America. The last time when China vaccinated kids for smallpox was in early 1980s. The population of 40 years old or younger in China therefore do not have immunity to smallpox and monkeypox."
在我国，虽然还从未有猴痘确诊病例的报道，但传染病是没有国界的，猴痘病毒输入我国的风险将持续存在，并随着欧美出现疫情，我国输入性病例的风险也会相应增加。我国自80年代初停止接种天花疫苗(牛痘)后，目前40岁以下的人群对于天花和猴痘普遍没有免疫力。我们在密切关注国际猴痘流行疫情的同时，应该提前做好准备，开展猴痘的大众科普和宣传，同时加强类似症状病例的监测，开发诊断方法和试剂，以便及时发现输入性病例，阻断传播，防止猴痘在我国国内出现流行。同时，应该着手储备特效的疫苗和抗病毒药物，以免出现病例后处于被动局面。
