Monkeypox and gay party
Monkeypox: Why are gay and bisexual men more affected?
Regardless of sexual orientation, the main factor of propagation remains the multiplicity of sexual partners.
As of July 26, Monkeypox has not caused any deaths in Europe, but the disease is gaining ground. With nearly 17, cases worldwide, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus triggered the uppermost level of alert on monkeypox on July
Santé Publique France (SPF), France's public health agency, has recorded 1, patients in the country since May. 3% of those possess been hospitalized. This epidemic differs from the waves observed so far in a dozen African countries, notably in the patients' profile: almost exclusively men, most of them males who have sex with males, known as "MSM" in the scientific community.
Read moreMonkeypox: How is it transmitted and what are the symptoms?
The question is why MSM are overrepresented among the affected. First, it is important to keep in mind that the SPF figures are still incomplete. Screening is just starting and complicated by the
Blaming Gay Men for Monkeypox Will Harm Everyone
In Chicago last month, thousands of gay men gathered for the first time in three years for the annual International Mr. Leather conference, a four-day-long affair where men from all over the world gathered to strut their stuff in leather gear, include lots of sex, and compete to be named International Mr. Leather. IML is like the Suffer from America pageant, except those working the runway are clad in harnesses. (This year, the honor went to Gael Leung Chong Wo of Belgium.)
I initiate myself very concerned about the event in part because, even by the low standards of the Centers for Disease Command and Prevention, community spread of SARS-CoV-2 was “high” in Chicago, causing uncontrollable group spread of that virus. Of course, gay men coming and going from around the world for a conference isn’t any more or less worrisome than any large team gathering indoors. Enragingly, the Society for Epidemiologic Study is also meeting in Chicago soon, despite the latest coronavirus surge. Graduations, weddings, concer
mpox (Monkeypox): What You Need to Know
The CDC has raised the alert level on a mpox (monkeypox) outbreak in the United States and HHS announced that it will be ramping up testing and a vaccine distribution for those most at-risk, which includes some members of the Gay community and people living with HIV.
mpox is a disease that can build you sick, including a rash, which may look enjoy pimples or blisters, often with an earlier flu-like illness. While the current outbreak in the U.S. has lofty rates of recognizable cases among male lover and bisexual men and transgender and non-binary people, this virus is not limited by gender or sexuality and can spread to anyone, anywhere through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact.
Health officials and advocates are urging people to seek treatment and available prevention options, including vaccines when available.
What You Need to Perceive
mpox (monkeypox) is a disease caused by the mpox virus, which is in the matching family as smallpox, although much less severe. Its call is characterized by the pox illness that occurs upon infec
Monkeypox likely spread by sex at two raves in Europe, specialist says
LONDON — A leading adviser to the World Health Nonprofit described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by sexual or close, physical contact at two recent mass events in Europe.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO’s emergencies department, said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals.
“We know monkeypox can spread when there is nearby contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission,” said Heymann.
That marks a significant departure from the disease’s usual pattern of spread in core and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates and outbreaks