There has been a cure for Leprosy for many years so that's not comparable. And I didn't see any straw man there, just you not being able to back up your assertion.

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:54 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:03 pm Official version from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

Take the following steps to prevent getting monkeypox:

Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox.
Do not touch the rash or scabs of a person with monkeypox.
Do not kiss, hug, cuddle or have sex with someone with monkeypox.
Do not share eating utensils or cups with a person with monkeypox.
Do not handle or touch the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person with monkeypox.
Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
In Central and West Africa, avoid contact with animals that can spread monkeypox virus, usually rodents and primates. Also, avoid sick or dead animals, as well as bedding or other materials they have touched.

That's a lot of ways you can catch the pox that don't involve being "banged in the cornhole".

Ironically, if you want to receive the Monkey Pox vaccine in NYC, the requirement is that you literally have to be a gay man AND be banging numerous dudes in the past 2 weeks. If you're not gay and doing that, then you can't even get a vaccine.

Is NYC spreading misinformation? As they certainly make it sound like it's a gay STD, as everyone else will be denied getting vaxxed, as it's presumably not needed by anyone else (yet).



Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/he ... 014%20days

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:57 am

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:54 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:03 pm Official version from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

Take the following steps to prevent getting monkeypox:

Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox.
Do not touch the rash or scabs of a person with monkeypox.
Do not kiss, hug, cuddle or have sex with someone with monkeypox.
Do not share eating utensils or cups with a person with monkeypox.
Do not handle or touch the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person with monkeypox.
Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
In Central and West Africa, avoid contact with animals that can spread monkeypox virus, usually rodents and primates. Also, avoid sick or dead animals, as well as bedding or other materials they have touched.

That's a lot of ways you can catch the pox that don't involve being "banged in the cornhole".

Ironically, if you want to receive the Monkey Pox vaccine in NYC, the requirement is that you literally have to be a gay man AND be banging numerous dudes in the past 2 weeks. If you're not gay and doing that, then you can't even get a vaccine.

Is NYC spreading misinformation? As they certainly make it sound like it's a gay STD, as everyone else will be denied getting vaxxed, as it's presumably not needed by anyone else (yet).



Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/he ... 014%20days

Spreading misinformation? I don't think so but they could probably do a better job of explaining the situation to the average person.

From your link.....

"Cases in NYC are increasing, and there are likely many more cases that have not been diagnosed.

Anyone can get and spread monkeypox. The current cases are primarily spreading through sex and other intimate contact among social networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM); transgender people; gender-nonconforming people; and nonbinary people. People in these social circles who have multiple or anonymous sex partners are at a high risk of exposure.

If you have a new or unexpected rash or sores, contact a health care provider."

"Vaccine supply remains low. NYC is receiving a limited number of doses from the federal government, and we are making them available to New Yorkers as quickly as possible. "

I think they're only giving the vax to people in the gay community because supplies are low so they're only dosing the people most at risk. For now it's mostly still limited to the gay comunity - they get the vaxxes.

CaptainCanuck wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:35 pm

Random Dude wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:26 pm

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:57 am

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:54 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:03 pm Official version from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

Take the following steps to prevent getting monkeypox:

Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox.
Do not touch the rash or scabs of a person with monkeypox.
Do not kiss, hug, cuddle or have sex with someone with monkeypox.
Do not share eating utensils or cups with a person with monkeypox.
Do not handle or touch the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person with monkeypox.
Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
In Central and West Africa, avoid contact with animals that can spread monkeypox virus, usually rodents and primates. Also, avoid sick or dead animals, as well as bedding or other materials they have touched.

That's a lot of ways you can catch the pox that don't involve being "banged in the cornhole".

Ironically, if you want to receive the Monkey Pox vaccine in NYC, the requirement is that you literally have to be a gay man AND be banging numerous dudes in the past 2 weeks. If you're not gay and doing that, then you can't even get a vaccine.

Is NYC spreading misinformation? As they certainly make it sound like it's a gay STD, as everyone else will be denied getting vaxxed, as it's presumably not needed by anyone else (yet).



Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/he ... 014%20days

Spreading misinformation? I don't think so but they could probably do a better job of explaining the situation to the average person.

From your link.....

"Cases in NYC are increasing, and there are likely many more cases that have not been diagnosed.

Anyone can get and spread monkeypox. The current cases are primarily spreading through sex and other intimate contact among social networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM); transgender people; gender-nonconforming people; and nonbinary people. People in these social circles who have multiple or anonymous sex partners are at a high risk of exposure.

If you have a new or unexpected rash or sores, contact a health care provider."

"Vaccine supply remains low. NYC is receiving a limited number of doses from the federal government, and we are making them available to New Yorkers as quickly as possible. "

I think they're only giving the vax to people in the gay community because supplies are low so they're only dosing the people most at risk. For now it's mostly still limited to the gay comunity - they get the vaxxes.

I like your high lighting the bit about 'anyone can get it' ... I'm sure its unhighlighted addition there has everything to do with trying to avoid the accusation of stigmatizing the gay community .... One of the upper echelons in the untouchable pyramid .... And nothing to do with the alternate reality some are trying to peddle .... That we should be afraid, VERY afraid of MonkeyPox ....

I highlighted that in response to this sentence, which I was replying to....

"Is NYC spreading misinformation? As they certainly make it sound like it's a gay STD, as everyone else will be denied getting vaxxed, as it's presumably not needed by anyone else (yet)."

My only point was to say that I don't think misinformation was being spread, they made the point that it's not a gay disease, anyone could catch it.

I'm not saying we should be "afraid, very afraid of monkeypox". And, I'm not interested in getting into silly spats about the gay community. By getting on your high horse about "trying to avoid the accusation of stigmatizing the gay community .... One of the upper echelons in the untouchable pyramid ...." you really come across as if you have issues with gays. If you do have a problem with them that's YOUR problem, I don't give a shit.

I do think though that every time people portray this as gay disease, aside from being willfully ignorant they're leading people to believe if you're not gay you have nothing to be concerned about as far as catching or spreading it goes. A lot of people are living with HIV/AIDS now because of that same mindset.

limited supplies, makes perfect sense to me to only test those that are in a high risk group>

why would a normal healthy heterosexual man that doesn't fuck around with hookers or druggies want the test?