The number of monkeypox cases is increasing in the Bay Area and nationwide prompting a call for action from members of the gay community.
Elected leaders joined LGBTQ+ activists on Monday and rallied outside of the San Francisco Federal Building, calling for a better response to the outbreak. They want the Department of Health and Human Services to increase access to the monkeypox vaccine and provide more testing, while improving messaging about the virus.
Chin-Hong says unlike COVID, we have all three in place but not enough of each at this moment. While some experts say the window has closed to contain monkeypox, he thinks there is still time. Even with a vaccine and treatment options for the monkeypox vaccine, medical experts are still trying to learn more about how best to respond to the virus. At this time, the guidance remains that the risk of transmission is only when symptoms are showing in someone.
Concerns about mental health and the stigma are also on the minds of medical experts watching the response to this virus. For some just attempting to get the vaccine is coming out. The focus so far has been on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men while explaining to the public that anyone can get infected with monkeypox. The clarification on skin-to-skin contact also tries to make clear that this is not a traditional sexually transmitted infection.
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