The ad headlined “Monkeypox: LA County Alert”, criticizes L.A. County officials over its disjointed and disorganized response to the outbreak, cases of which first started appearing outside of Africa in Western Europe and the United States beginning in mid-May. AHF also calls on LA County to designate $10 million—approximately $1 for each LA County resident—to combat monkeypox and STDs, which have increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. This ad follows a previous monkeypox ad AHF ran in last week’s Sunday Los Angeles Times. According to LA County Public Health, as of August 5, 2022, there are 496 confirmed monkeypox cases in the county with 99% found among males and 90% of those cases within the LGBTQ+ community. Despite these numbers continuing to grow, Los Angeles city and county officials have remained silent and still have not declared a state of emergency.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 06, 2022 23:50 UTC