Do only gay people have monkeypox
Monkeypox is not a gay disease. But LGBTQ leaders utter they need more help for lgbtq+ men and everyone else
Boris Q&#;va, USA TODAY
Health care and LGBTQ leaders are warning monkeypox will continue to spread among gay men and other Americans if more isn&#;t done to address vaccine shortages and help health professionals combat the virus. They are demanding more testing kits, vaccines and additional health workers to limit the outbreak.
Some LGBTQ critics have accused government officials of being slow to tackle the outbreak because it is primarily affecting LGBTQ men, a collective that has drawn-out faced discrimination and limited care when it comes to health crises. They also worry non-LGBTQ people who might be vulnerable to monkeypox will not get adequate facts about the virus if it is only seen as an LGBTQ illness.
The number of reported infections in 42 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, has climbed to 1, infected people, with California and Illinois counting more than cases and New York principal with cases.
Monkeypox is a rare disease simil
Monkeypox: Why are gay and bisexual men more affected?
Regardless of sexual orientation, the main factor of propagation remains the multiplicity of sexual partners.
As of July 26, Monkeypox has not caused any deaths in Europe, but the disease is gaining ground. With nearly 17, cases worldwide, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus triggered the uppermost level of alert on monkeypox on July
Santé Publique France (SPF), France's public health agency, has recorded 1, patients in the country since May. 3% of those own been hospitalized. This epidemic differs from the waves observed so far in a dozen African countries, notably in the patients' profile: almost exclusively men, most of them males who have sex with males, known as "MSM" in the scientific community.
Read moreMonkeypox: How is it transmitted and what are the symptoms?
The question is why MSM are overrepresented among the affected. First, it is important to keep in mind that the SPF figures are still incomplete. Screening is just starting and complicated by the
Gay or bisexual men express relate to about monkeypox, are critical of government’s response
Survey respondents who outline themselves as gay or bi men are especially concerned about the monkeypox outbreak and give a more negative appraisal of the U.S. government’s response than straight men, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Men who describe themselves as gay or bisexual are also more likely to say they have received or intend to get a monkeypox vaccine.
The Combined States declared monkeypox a widespread health emergency on Aug. 4 as cases spread throughout the country following the first reported case on May The huge majority of reported monkeypox cases have been among men who have sex with men. Members of the LGBTQ community hold expressed frustration with the government’s response to the outbreak, including the limited availability of vaccines to prevent the disease.
How we did this
Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views about the monkeypox outbreak. Responses come from a Center survey of 10, U.S. adults conducted Sept.
Since early May, more than 23, cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide. This is the largest ever global outbreak of the disease.
Cases have now been reported in 78 countries including the UK, Spain, Germany, France, the US and Brazil. Given the scale of the outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.
While anyone can get monkeypox, the current outbreak is overwhelmingly affecting sexually active gay, bi and other men who have sex with men. In fact, our recent study which looked at monkeypox infections since the start of the outbreak found that 98% of these infections had occurred in this group. Here’s what these men necessitate to know.
How it spreads
Monkeypox is a disease caused by infection with the human monkeypox virus, which comes from the matching virus family as smallpox. In fact, symptoms are quite similar to smallpox and include fever, headache, muscle aches, chills, freezing symptoms (such as a cough or sore throat).
Symptoms are also accompanied by a rash that appears in blisters on the