Maybe in Future Years, Pride Month Can Also Be Monkeypox Awareness Month. - Granite Grok

Maybe in Future Years, Pride Month Can Also Be Monkeypox Awareness Month.

Monkey surprise Photo by Jamie Haughton on Unsplash

I’ve heard it alleged that Monkeypox traveled north in animal reservoirs due to man-made climate change. And that’s partly true. The first case was found in the UK on May 7th in a “man” (an animal) who had returned (via man-made travel) from Nigeria (where Monkeypox is not uncommon).

A “man” made Monkeypox travel from one climate to another. It’s true!

We do not know if he had gay sex, but that’s the other truth.

Two well-attended pride events (also in May), one in Africa (Maspalomas, Canary Islands) followed by one in Europe (Belgium), are linked to the “rapid™” spread of the disease. Almost exclusively among gay men and those who have had close (non-intimate) contact like family members or those in shared living spaces.

You need to swap fluids to spread it, so close contact improves the odds of transmission, and enough cases have popped up that it triggered a level 2 alert from the CDC. That announcement included a suggestion to wear masks when traveling, guidance that vanished almost as quickly as it appeared.

It looks like masking on airplanes is less popular than telling gay men not to have sex (bigot!), even though the latter could slow or stop the spread.

Maybe in future years, Pride Month (June) can also be Monkeypox awareness month.

All we need is a ribbon.

 

 

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