Whether it's abstinence, avoiding nightclubs, limiting sexual partners or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout, Spain's gay community are on the front line of the monkeypox virus and are taking action.
MADRID - Whether it's abstinence, avoiding nightclubs, limiting sexual partners, or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout, Spain's gay community is on the front line of the monkeypox virus and is taking action.
More than 18,000 cases have been detected throughout the world outside of Africa since the beginning of May, according to the World Health Organization . It took Antonio three weeks to get an appointment to be vaccinated, after logging on to the official website every day at midnight. "It risks creating a false sense of security among the general population, and they relax into thinking that they are safe and that it only happens to men who have sex with men," he said.Older people are vaccinated against smallpox which was eradicated in Europe in the early 1970s.
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