A local infectious disease expert on Monday said she supports the FDA's idea of splitting doses of the monkeypox vaccine to get the shots to more people.
"I couldn't work at all. That first week was really awful," said David Norman, a San Francisco resident who feels close to leaving isolation after contracting monkeypox last month."I couldn't even take calls laying down in bed."
The FDA could make a decision this week to use a dose sparing approach where one fifth of a normal dose is injected at a shallower location, or intradermally into the skin. Traditionally, the vaccine is administered subcutaneously, but by injecting it to the top layer of the skin, more cells would have access to it, according to Gandhi.
Monday afternoon, protesters gathered outside San Francisco's Federal Building, chanting and carrying signs that read"vaccine access now" and"TPOXX now." "I would say keep trying to get that vaccine, don't give up, you really don't want to get this, it's just excruciatingly painful," said Torra. The San Francisco Department of Public Health will continue its walk-in clinics for the vaccine on Tuesday, but currently does not have any plans to change how it administers the dose. The agency said in a statement it is aware of the method, but needs more research before it can make a decision.
"This is really showing me what marginalized communities go through and are not being given priority and the same level of care that other groups might be," Norman told KPIX 5 on Monday.
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