This story first appeared on KRON4.com Aug. 4, 2022:
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – As San Francisco health officials consider the use of a different vaccine to vaccinate people at risk of monkeypox, the California Department of Public Health confirmed to KRON4 that it has ordered 200 doses of the older jab — but declined to say why.
The news comes amid shortages of the Jynneos vaccine currently being used to fight the outbreak, which can only be produced by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic. It also comes after a scathing report in the New York Times alleged that there will be Jynneos shortages for the next few months because of a “hands-off” approach to the crisis from federal officials.
No jurisdiction in the country has used any other vaccine in this outbreak thus far, CDPH stated.
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John Ferrannini 