Just as it did at the start of the AIDS crisis, the Bay Area LGBTQ community is stepping up to stop the spread of another illness, the monkeypox.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said monkeypox is spread by direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs or body fluids, respiratory secretions during prolonged, face to face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling or sex.
While the current outbreak has largely affected men who have sex with men, officials have repeatedly stressed that. "We need something like 6,000 doses just to vaccinate our patient population we see," TerMeer told KPIX 5 Thursday.At Steamworks Bathhouse in Berkeley, manager Zose says he held a vaccination event based on a simple Instagram post that got thousands of hits and resulted in hundreds of people.
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