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I’m this example I think it makes sense. I do think the dilemma is more difficult when more contagious and involves self induced co-morbidities.
I was listening to Dr. Campbell's podcast on the way in and he was citing a recent report from the NEJM (I think), but it highlighted that 42% of known cases of monkeypox in June were in the immunocompromised. IF transgender, and similar fall heavier in that field it could explain it. Or they could have also simplified it as being immunocompromised, so who knows...
Pretty sure they just worded that poorly. I think the original language was in fact just the first part and what you are saying. But then I think people brought up that some trans men are gay or non binary etc so they arent included in such a statement and that would be trans exclusionary.
Transgender do have higher rates of HIV, but still, most aren’t immunocompromised. Here’s the NEJM summary of cases:
I dont think this is true.
It’s Good Morning America. This is like asking the dumbest person in your family for medical advice and then pretending you asked an expert.
I would guess the perception would be that the person is either gay, a prostitute, or an intravenous drug user. Or probably some combination of any of those
I looked this up last week when we were talking about the history of AIDS in the US. Sometimes I go looking for data and I'm surprised by what I find. This isn't one of those times.
Yeah. Isn’t there a limited amount at the moment and they are the highest risk group.
And ABC news posted the article claiming monkeypox can spread through droplets and they haven't ruled out asymptomatic spread. The whole point of the rant was how and why people might be misinformed.
Ok, phew. For a second I thought you meant you were agreeing with the social justice activists.
Ok I didn’t see that. This seems like the way to go with this at the moment (first piece of advice is safer sexual practices).
OF COURSE!
I guess I have missed this. I feel like this has been pretty well covered so far considering how every issue can become polarized these days.
You replied to a post that specifically brought this point up and had a link to a twitter thread making this point.
In fairness, unless you looked through the responses to the NYC's post (scrolled down to the replies) you could easily miss the fact that people had a problem with it and were virtue signaling about it.
You literally have to ignore the sentence the link was provided in and then only look at the OP's first tweet. It wasnt posted as a hey everybody here is a link to the vaccine requirements.
CDC Case Counts by state
Over 1/3 of the U.S.'s cases are in the Northeast, following a corridor joining Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia. Add in Maryland and D.C. and you get close to half the U.S. cases along the upper East Coast.
I'd love to have better understanding of what prolonged face to face conact really means...
Monkeypox (who.int)
Gay is fine. MSM is sometimes a better descriptor though, because it includes bisexuals and guys who don’t consider themselves gay, despite participating in same sex anal receptive/insertive intercourse. Although it sounds silly, you’d be surprised how many men are in denial about their sexual proclivities.
Yep. Except very early on, pretty every much description of monkeypox has mentioned the role high risk sex seems to be playing in its spread.
You mean very early on when it could have stopped the spread?
No, early on, when public health officials were still piecing things together.Battersbox said:
Doesn’t seem like much tap dancing to me. Can you provide an example of what you’re talking about, from a reputable, scientific/public health source?
Just yesterday, from the Commissioner of Chicago Public Health (where I live). Maybe she's unaware that 95% of cases are in MSM??
Meh, nothing she said is inaccurate.
Tight knit social network is known to be the sciencey definition of having sex with 38 dudes in a weekend.
British medical journal BMJ has published new research on monkeypox in London. All but one of the people with confirmed monkeypox in study are gay or bi men. Nearly all of them reported having sex with a male recently.
This is what happens when there are no consequences for the people who mangled the covid-19 pandemic. Why learn from your mistakes if those mistakes don't affect you personally?
Technically, it's not a "gay disease" in the sense that the virus that isn't conscious and arguably isn't even alive also is not homophobic. But if you are walking around thinking that it's a gay disease, your mental model is closer to the truth than "it hits tight-knit social networks."
I think a certain population of gay guys partake in a lot more of this stuff than anybody else, and that's why these things spread in that community. To be clear, that's not because they're gay, but because they're guys. If women were wired the same way that men are, there would be way more orgies.
I think the CDC’s description, which I posted earlier and is similar to most public health descriptions, is appropriate. I also agree “close knit social groups” is a ridiculous euphemism.
