[ Relating to what I was alluding to in another post in here earlier this week...]
From:
https://tinyurl.com/bdh99h6e (thedailycaller.com)
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It Took Months For The Media To State The Obvious About Monkeypox
Dylan Housman Healthcare Reporter
July 28, 2022 6:24 PM ET
More than two months after the ongoing global monkeypox outbreak began,
corporate media outlets are finally addressing the fact that gay men are
most at risk of contracting the virus.
Government agencies and healthcare authorities have already been
prioritizing men who have sex with men in their monkeypox response. The
U.S. allocated its first batch of vaccines to that group, and the World
Health Organization (WHO) is recommending that gay men limit their number
of partners to reduce risk. But some journalists were first preoccupied
with addressing the "stigma" that could come from openly discussing that
gay men are accountable for the vast majority of monkeypox cases.
The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new
sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus
that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets
firmly established.
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- The Associated Press (@AP) July 22, 2022
Outlets from Newsweek to the LA Times to Canada's CTV published articles
in May and June emphasizing the threat of the stigma against gay and
bisexual men, not the threat from the actual virus itself. Headlines
included "Iraqi Gay Community at Risk Over Monkeypox Stigma Stoked by
Leaders," "Monkeypox fears could stigmatize LGBTQ2S+ community, expert
says," and "As monkeypox cases grow, so do fears of a return of gay blame
and stigma."
The Wall Street Journal wrote that the monkeypox outbreak prompted an
effort to avert gay stigma, and Grid stressed that monkeypox is "not a gay
disease."
Now, reality is setting in. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus said Thursday that 98% of cases confirmed to the agency are in
gay men. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has consistently
highlighted men who have sex with men as the highest risk group for
contracting the virus.
The media is coming around as well. The Washington Post published a piece
this week about the struggle to protect gay men from the virus, and CNN is
objectively reporting on the increased risk posed to the gay and bisexual
male community. The Guardian is asking why people aren't being more clear
about who is catching monkeypox.
Fortunately, the virus isn't posing as much of a risk to the gay community
as others have in the past, such as HIV/AIDS. There have been no confirmed
deaths from the virus in the U.S. or Europe out of several thousand cases
so far.
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