Actually, no, nothing in that quote indicates that "Political correctness appears to be costing lives not more vaccines..." We know where the majority of the cases are showing up right now. This was initially true of HIV infection as well, and for the same reason: sexual contact is an important means of transmission. Gay men were the p…
Actually, no, nothing in that quote indicates that "Political correctness appears to be costing lives not more vaccines..." We know where the majority of the cases are showing up right now. This was initially true of HIV infection as well, and for the same reason: sexual contact is an important means of transmission. Gay men were the proverbial canaries in the coal mine on that one. It looks like they might be again.
So, yeah, we need to make sure that the word gets out to the most vulnerable population. But we need to do it in a way that insures that people like you won't see it as a political weapon and decide that this is just a gay male issue and ignore the reality of how it can be spread. Just as the right wing did with HIV. And we all know how well that worked out.
Here's the CDC article linked from Dr. Jetelina's article the goes into more details on transmission methods: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html You will note that any close physical contact will do it.
Actually, no, nothing in that quote indicates that "Political correctness appears to be costing lives not more vaccines..." We know where the majority of the cases are showing up right now. This was initially true of HIV infection as well, and for the same reason: sexual contact is an important means of transmission. Gay men were the proverbial canaries in the coal mine on that one. It looks like they might be again.
So, yeah, we need to make sure that the word gets out to the most vulnerable population. But we need to do it in a way that insures that people like you won't see it as a political weapon and decide that this is just a gay male issue and ignore the reality of how it can be spread. Just as the right wing did with HIV. And we all know how well that worked out.
Here's the CDC article linked from Dr. Jetelina's article the goes into more details on transmission methods: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html You will note that any close physical contact will do it.