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 ZafiraHUN   ( @ZafiraHUN@mander.xyz )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

Opinion | Let’s call monkeypox what it is: A pandemic

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Opinion | Let’s call monkeypox what it is: A pandemic

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 ZafiraHUN   ( @ZafiraHUN@mander.xyz )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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The virus is now active in more than 40 countries on six continents.
  •  VictimOfReligion   ( @VictimOfReligion@lemmygrad.ml ) 
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    It happened because from the firsts persons to have it, one or some went to a pride party, and well, you know what happens at parties.

    I am scared of how people will treat gay men for thos coincidence…

    Edit:what have I said that could be even considered against gay men??? Wtf

    •  sudojonz   ( @sudojonz@lemmygrad.ml ) 
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      It wasn’t a pride event, it was a large kink event in Belgium. Not sure if you’ve ever been to a kink event but it’s like one big petri dish, particularly in regards to the male gay community.

      (Don’t come at me for misperceived anti-community talk, I’m part of the community, and I know exactly the sorts of things that go down at events)

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        Ah, I see. In Spain a kink event coincided with the Pride day on Canary Islands. Hence my confusion, I’m sorry.

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      WHO and CDC disagrees. Both are explicitly warning LGBT communities to be careful and that monkeypox risk is higher.

      https://www.who.int/news/item/25-05-2022-monkeypox--public-health-advice-for-gay--bisexual-and-other-men-who-have-sex-with-men

      https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/index.html

      German vaccine authority STIKO also classified “homosexual men who have multiple partners” as a risk group and is recommending the smallpox vaccine for them.

      https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/stiko-affenpocken-impfung-100.html

      The same article above says that almost all cases in Germany are homosexual men:

      “Alle bisher in Deutschland erfassten Fälle betreffen demnach Männer, die Sex mit Männern haben.”

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        Disagree on what?

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          That it’s accidental that there are lots of infections among gay men. Theybare explicitly saying that gay men with multiple partners have higher risk’

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