CDC vtigat 'one of the worst outbreaks of mengocl disease' US history among gay and bisexual men Florida | CNN

Contents:

• MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23
• OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD
• CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA
• CDC WARNS THAT GAY MEN ARE SPREADG DISEASE FLORIDA
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• CDC WARNS OF MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK FLORIDA PRIMARILY AFFECTG GAY, BI MEN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• FLORIDA MENGOCL OUTBREAK GAY, BISEXUAL MEN RAIS CDC ALARM
• CDC WARNS OF ‘HISTORIC’ MENGOCL OUTBREAK AMONG GAY MEN FLORIDA

MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA, 2021–23

Outbreak primarily affectg gay, bisexual men.

OUTBREAK OF BACTERIAL ILLNS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA HAS LEFT AT LEAST 7 AD

Includ the s is a large, ongog outbreak, primarily among gay and bisexual men.

CDC VTIGAT ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US HISTORY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA

Feral and state health officials are vtigatg an outbreak of mengocl disease Florida primarily fectg men who intify as gay, bisexual or men who have sex wh of Tuday, at least 24 s have been nfirmed and seven people have died, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and outbreak is so severe that the feral health agency is llg "one of worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U. Although the disease has been primarily intified the gay and bisexual muny, there is currently no evince that is a sexually transmted fectn. Certa people are at higher risk for beg fected, cludg those who live crowd plac or have HIV, but is not a so-lled "gay disease, " Ch-Hong said.

"In fact, more people who are not gay get mengocl fectn. "Ch-Hong said the risk to the public is low bee mengocl outbreaks tend to be regnal and typilly do not spread om state to he urged people to follow the CDC's advice, which is that anyone who intifi as gay, bisexual or men who have sex wh men gets a mengocl vacce if they live Florida or plan on travelg to Florida.

José Romero, director of the CDC's Natnal Center for Immunizatn and Rpiratory Diseas, said a ntued, "Bee of the outbreak Florida, and the number of Pri events beg held across the state g weeks, 's important that gay and bisexual men who live Florida get vaccated, and those travelg to Florida talk to their healthre provir about gettg a MenACWY vacce. The US Centers for Disease Control and Preventn and Florida Department of Health are vtigatg “one of the worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U. The CDC says the outbreak is “primarily among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, cludg those livg wh HIV.

CDC WARNS THAT GAY MEN ARE SPREADG DISEASE FLORIDA

CDC is remendg that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men get the mengocl vacce if they live Florida, or talk to their health re provir if they are travelg to the state.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

“Bee of the outbreak Florida, and the number of Pri events beg held across the state g weeks, ’s important that gay and bisexual men who live Florida get vaccated, and those travelg to Florida talk to their healthre provir about gettg a MenACWY vacce. The threat to the general US populatn is low, the CDC says, but there are notably high numbers of monkeypox s among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men.

They are enuragg high-risk groups — cludg gay and bisexual men, people wh HIV and llege stunts — to get vaccated agast the often severe and sometim adly outbreak advisory om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn says Florida has a “large, ongog outbreak of mengocl disease, ” primarily among gay, bisexual, and men who have sex wh men, cludg those livg wh recent months, there have also been s reported among llege stunts, cludg an April 1 announcement that Florida’s health partment was vtigatg three nfirmed s Tallahassee among people ag 18 to 22. A new outbreak of mengocl disease has h the state of Florida, and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) said that homosexuals and bisexuals are largely rponsible for . Acrdg to the CDC, there are two primary forms of mengocl fectns that typilly spread, the first beg mengis, which is an fectn of the lg of the bra and spal other is a bloodstream fectn, and the CDC is spreadg fear about how both n be adly an effort to persua more people, and particularly “gay” and “bi” men, to rollg up their sleev for yet another Big Pharma shot.

CDC WARNS OF MENGOCL DISEASE OUTBREAK FLORIDA PRIMARILY AFFECTG GAY, BI MEN

Health officials are warng Florida rints about a "large" outbreak of a potentially fatal bacterial illns known as mengocl disease that's primarily affectg gay and bisexual far this year, there have been 21 nfirmed s of mengocl disease as of Monday, acrdg to Florida Department of Health data.

10, Angel Tim via Getty Imag, FILEThe CDC recently issued an alert on the outbreak, urgg gay and bisexual men and men who have sex wh men who live Florida or who plan to travel to the state to get vaccated agast the disease.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

FLORIDA MENGOCL OUTBREAK GAY, BISEXUAL MEN RAIS CDC ALARM

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

CDC WARNS OF ‘HISTORIC’ MENGOCL OUTBREAK AMONG GAY MEN FLORIDA

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.