Of that figure, more than 20,300 were confirmed in countries that have not historically reported monkeypox infections. Last Saturday, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency. Advertisement“The U.S. government intentionally de-prioritized gay men’s health in the midst of an out-of-control outbreak because of a potential bioterrorist threat that does not currently exist,” James Krellenstein, a Brooklyn-based gay health activist, explained to the Times. The longer America goes without a public health campaign centered on monkeypox, the likelier it is for misinformation to spread. “We are essentially rationing health care,” Anthony Fortenberry, chief nursing officer at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, an LGBTQ provider in New York City, told the paper.

Source: Huffington Post July 28, 2022 17:38 UTC