Posted on 06/05/2022 3:33:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Government says 'the risk of stigma' tied to the disease 'is great'
Most cases of monkeypox have been in gay and bisexual men, the United Kingdom's Health Security Agency announced Friday.
The government released a report Thursday night stating, "Investigations to date have identified links to gay bars, saunas and the use of dating apps in the UK and abroad."
A total of 207 cases of monkeypox have been identified in the U.K., DailyMail.com reported. Worldwide, 617 cases have been confirmed.
Despite the U.K. report and the CDC's determination that monkeypox does not spread easily through the air like COVID-19, DailyMail.com said: "Scientists are still unsure what is driving the current outbreak, now spotted in two dozen countries, given the virus is normally confined to people returning from Africa."
The British news site reported last week that the world's biggest gay dating app, Grindr, alerted users of monkeypox symptoms.
African nations have seen periodic monkeypox outbreaks since the virus was first discovered in humans in 1970.
Professor Kevin Fenton, London regional director for public health said monkeypox "can affect anyone but we know that many of the most recent diagnoses are in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, many of whom live in, or have links to London."
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"Stigma" is social justice warrioring.
The woke generation.
? is monkeypox the modern day version of pillar of salt ?
Petey B is not “amused”
Handle it like yellow fever. Eradicate the vector.
Unfortunately,there isn’t a Republican president.
So,they can’t blame anyone.
I bet gays are freaking out, they are so vain about their looks the thought of being covered in all those nasty looking monkeypox pustules probably makes it scarier to them than HIV. So hopefully they take precautions and don’t spread that stuff all over.
I have always seen public saunas as somewhat risky. Unlike with public swimming pools, a sauna user will sit still for long periods,breathing that moist vapor, perhaps increasing their chance of infection from molds.
The vector for yellow fever is mozzies, primarily Aedes aegypti.
Here we go again.
This is what happens when you monkey around.
What happened to “don’t say gay”? Let it be a surprise to them.
They’ll soon put the kabosh on that...like they did with AIDS.
A big, body temperature Petri dish.
You get the pox by downloading an app? Time to clear out the phone history. No telling what diseases are in there...
Beware of people who pack but don’t carry a firearm.
lol
The first symptom of monkey pox is a pounding in the arse.
The vector for yellow fever is madness mozzies, primarily Aedes aegypti.
Where did spellchecker get “madness” from?
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