'I Warned About Monkeypox and Gay Men, Things Haven't Changed Since AIDS'
newsweek.comCDC website for further information. It stated that in New York alone, only 23 people had tested positive for monkeypox in June.
Something did not seem to add up—from the very beginning, it felt like this virus was downplayed or underreported.The LGBTQ community is typically vigilant about our health.
Many of us are aware, from the AIDS crisis in the eighties, the lack of consideration towards one's health can take out a population.To further investigate the matter, I had conducted some individual research and found that the U.S.
had tens of thousands of doses of the vaccine approved for use against monkeypox, Jynneous. So, on Friday, June 21, I visited The Department of Health in Chelsea to express that I had been in close contact with my friends who had caught monkeypox, and desperately needed the vaccine.
