The Biden administration was caught off-guard when the CDC confirmedon May 18. It was part of the first major outbreak outside parts of Africa where the virus is endemic, an unusual event that quickly spun into a global health crisis.
“We now have so many infections in so many corners of the Earth that it will be very difficult to chase this down with vaccination campaigns,” said Sara Sawyer, a professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder who studies the spread of animal viruses to humans. “Not only do we not have enough vaccines, but if even some people go undetected or don’t have symptoms, they’re going to continue to spread it.
On Aug. 2, President Joe Biden rolled out a team to steer the nation’s response to the monkeypox outbreak. Days later, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra declared monkeypox a public health emergency, and the CDC advised people with the virus or symptoms to “avoid sex of any kind.” “We just don’t have the kind of public health and health care infrastructure to eliminate this,” said Jay Varma, director of the Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response. “If we can’t eliminate syphilis, which is a disease that is readily treatable with a shot of penicillin, I find it very hard to believe that we’ll be able to control monkeypox.”.
Turns out insisting it was not a lgbt issue backfired. Who have thunk it
Simply tell gay people to quit fucking strangers it’s not that hard
If 93% of monkeypox cases are men that are having sex with other men, by what cdc has said, so if that pandemic was handled like covid shouldn't they be trying to force men to stop having sex with other men? JS SOMETHING WRONG
The question is: why USA doesn't act like all those countries?
This was the obvious end result, in light of our reckless attitude towards the OTHER ongoing pandemic (the one that WASN'T being framed as 'only gay people should worry'). Frankly, it's not a surprise, just incredibly disappointing.
CLose down the GAY sex clubs, gay porn movie sets and gay bath houses for 2 years to flatten the curve.
You mean gay and bisexual men, not LGBTQ. 🤦♀️
Call it what it is. It'd effectively an STI. Stop pretending it's floating in the miasma
Why gay community kids are getting it too Can someone explain for the people in the back I’m a little lost as I don’t watch tv or news
In 2003 they stopped a monkey pox outbreak in 6 states. They stopped it and only 47 people got sick. They could have stopped this but they chose not to.
Aids crisis 2
WHAT.
i think the more accurate headline is that the usa doesn't care about the health of queer people
Monkeypox is NOT an STD so there’s no need to mention the LGBTQ community at all!!!
Pox my neghole.
then maybe they should drop the sexual activity requirement to get vaxxed since it's not a STI/STD
The monkeypox virus is airborne. It is not an STD. It's foolish to think this will only affect the LQBTQ community.
Love to give up before we try
It’s been too late for weeks… we read it. We know it. Now we will live it. Except those who die from it.
Great setup to scapegoat queer people during a time of increasing ANTI-LGBTQIA2+ sentiment and rhetoric :) We see what you're doing, media, and you're culpable for what comes of this
It's not a 🏳️🌈 disease. FFS! Monkeypox didn't wake up one morning and say 'oh I'm gonna infect only the 🏳️🌈 population..'
The following statements from these two infectious diseases directors in the article are devastating. I think I hear the TARDIS’ cloister bell ringing…
If it’s sticking around could they give it a better name?
Another POTUS Brandon beauty! LetsGoBrandon UltraMAGA2024
Sad people do not understand how dangerous this virus is.
Have they tried doing something?
Y’all do realize that not only gay people can get this right?
What's new....government couldn't stop covid like they said they would and you think they can stop this virus?
There is a price for sin!
That’s a man in a dress! The fbi and Deep State are frightened to 💀 of Trumps return! Why? They will be held accountable for current and past crimes against humanity! The insurrection at Trumps home insured Republican rule, Dimms Drool!
Because our lives are interconnected — it turns out that when those in power abandon whichever group they decide is expendable this time — it will end up harming everyone.
If the 'straight ' men could stop to date us late at night while their wifey and kids are sleeping...it could help! Lol
First off, what's with the stigma-enforcement against LGBTQ people here? Second: Hell, no, ThisIsNotNormal either.
ITS BIOLOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ONLY INFECT GAY PEOPLE FFS
Blame gay men for this problem, way to go!
At least with this, there won’t be any BSing if one has it, or not. You’ll know if you have it this is supposed to be painful
CovidEcoles Just stop fucking around, damn it!
Uhhh... focusing on MSM only basically sealed our fate. Good luck everyone.
It...has already spread more broadly because the CDC decided it was a gay disease and is so doing nothing. Yeah, it's a national emergency and pandemic two when we aren't done pandemic one and have a pandemic three (polio) about to hit.
Close the schools!
I can almost guarantee it's in the entire population. The LGBTQ community are just the ones reporting and getting tested. Everyone else doesn't take their health seriously or doesn't want to be diagnosed with a gay groomer disease thanks to your reckless messaging
It is election season. So really no surprises here. Lockdowns and stimulus checks in Oct?
It’s too late, we f’ed up again just like we did with COVID. We’ve spread a message that this is just a “gay disease” (much like how back in 2020 we claimed COVID only affected old people).
So, the government can tell me to stay home, to stop Covid, but won’t tell the gay community to cool it, with anal sex?
It is already spreading in the general population. We need to stop framing this as a LGBTQ illness.
That would be rather bad…
Just don’t push the vax on those who don’t want it/need it
Stop sodomy… Stop monkey pox… Just sayin’…
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