Memo 2: COVID-19 & Monkeypox

Key Points

COVID-19

• FDA Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for 6 months and older

• COVID-19 wave appears similar to January right now

• 1 in 5 infections lead to long COVID

• Long COVID is showing up in employment data

• Vaccines offer 15% reduction in risk of long covid

Monkeypox

• First monkeypox case in Alameda county— person tested positive for orthopox (in the same family of viruses)

  • Another monkeypox case was reported in San Francisco

• There is a small spike in cases in the US and Europe, CA is at 16 monkeypox cases

• New CDC guidance on monkeypox that includes a symptom panel, updated pictures, and clinical lab definitions: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2022/han00468.asp

Sources

• https://time.com/6187674/covid-19-vaccines-kids-under-five-fda/

• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-14/california-coronavirus-cases-rise-showing-wave-has-not-yet-topped-out

• https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/vaccines-lower-risk-long-covid-15-death-34-data-show#:~:text="Vaccination against the virus that,%2C" the study authors wrote.

• https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-15/long-covid-is-showing-up-in-the-employment-data

• https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/monkeypox-case-suspected-in-alameda-county/2915181/

• https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html

• https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2020/default.htm

• https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2022/han00468.asp

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/15/who-to-rename-monkeypox-virus-to-avoid-discrimination

Extra

• CDC’s Annual STI report: https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2020/default.htm

  • Shows that STI’s all increased in rate since 2016, includes preliminary data about syphilis for 2021