Six Dead as Mengocl Disease Breakout Hs Florida’s Gay Communny, Health Experts Ph Vaccatns

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• ‘ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE’ US AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA
• 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
• AT LEAST 6 DEAD AS MENGOCL BREAKOUT RAVAG FLORIDA’S GAY COMMUNYGET VACCINATEDTHE SIX ATHS ME OM A TOTAL OF JT 24 S AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA THIS YEAR, THE CDC SAID.JOSH FIALLOBREAKG NEWS REPORTERPUBLISHED JUN. 23, 2022 12:32PM EDT KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYAT LEAST SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED FLORIDA AS THE STATE BATTL “ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN U.S. HISTORY,” THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN SAID WEDNDAY.THE OUTBREAK IS BOTH SUDN AND ADLY, WH THE SIX ATHS G OM A TOTAL OF JT 24 S AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA THIS YEAR, THE CDC SAID.THE OUTBREAK HAS LEFT HEALTH OFFICIALS AND FLORIDA LGBTQ+ GROUPS SCRAMBLG TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ADLY DISEASE, WHICH THE CDC SAYS IS UALLY FATAL ABOUT EVERY TENTH SE AND N E BRA DAMAGE OR LIMB LOSS EVERY FIFTH.HALF OF THE S FLORIDA RECENTLY HAVE E OM THE ORLANDO METROPOLAN AREA, ACRDG TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WHILE THE DISEASE DON’T SPREAD AS EASILY AS THE MON LD OR FLU, FECTED PEOPLE N PASS BY “SHARG RPIRATORY AND THROAT SECRETNS,” LIKE SALIVA OR SP, THE CDC SAYS. THIS MEANS IS MONLY SPREAD THROUGH KISSG OR BEG NEAR SOMEONE UGHG.THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE CLU HIGH FEVER, HEADACHE, STIFF NECK, NSEA OR VOMG, OR A DARK PURPLE RASH. WHILE IALLY REMBLG THE FLU, THE SYMPTOMS ARE KNOWN TO QUICKLY WORSEN, THE CDC SAYS.HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE PHG FOR ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO IMMEDIATELY GET THE MENGOCL NJUGATE (MENACWY) VACCE. DR. JOSé R. ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF THE NATNAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATN AND RPIRATORY DISEAS, SAID A STATEMENT THE DISEASE IS HIGHLY PREVENTABLE WH VACCATN.“GETTG VACCATED AGAST MENGOCL DISEASE IS THE BT WAY TO PREVENT THIS SER ILLNS, WHICH N QUICKLY BEE ADLY,” ROMERO SAID. “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.” JOSH FIALLO
• CDC WARNS OF 'LARGE, ONGOG' MENGIS OUTBREAK FLORIDA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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

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

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

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. 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.

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.

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

“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.

“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.

AT LEAST 6 DEAD AS MENGOCL BREAKOUT RAVAG FLORIDA’S GAY COMMUNYGET VACCINATEDTHE SIX ATHS ME OM A TOTAL OF JT 24 S AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA THIS YEAR, THE CDC SAID.JOSH FIALLOBREAKG NEWS REPORTERPUBLISHED JUN. 23, 2022 12:32PM EDT KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYAT LEAST SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED FLORIDA AS THE STATE BATTL “ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF MENGOCL DISEASE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN U.S. HISTORY,” THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN SAID WEDNDAY.THE OUTBREAK IS BOTH SUDN AND ADLY, WH THE SIX ATHS G OM A TOTAL OF JT 24 S AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FLORIDA THIS YEAR, THE CDC SAID.THE OUTBREAK HAS LEFT HEALTH OFFICIALS AND FLORIDA LGBTQ+ GROUPS SCRAMBLG TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ADLY DISEASE, WHICH THE CDC SAYS IS UALLY FATAL ABOUT EVERY TENTH SE AND N E BRA DAMAGE OR LIMB LOSS EVERY FIFTH.HALF OF THE S FLORIDA RECENTLY HAVE E OM THE ORLANDO METROPOLAN AREA, ACRDG TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WHILE THE DISEASE DON’T SPREAD AS EASILY AS THE MON LD OR FLU, FECTED PEOPLE N PASS BY “SHARG RPIRATORY AND THROAT SECRETNS,” LIKE SALIVA OR SP, THE CDC SAYS. THIS MEANS IS MONLY SPREAD THROUGH KISSG OR BEG NEAR SOMEONE UGHG.THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE CLU HIGH FEVER, HEADACHE, STIFF NECK, NSEA OR VOMG, OR A DARK PURPLE RASH. WHILE IALLY REMBLG THE FLU, THE SYMPTOMS ARE KNOWN TO QUICKLY WORSEN, THE CDC SAYS.HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE PHG FOR ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO IMMEDIATELY GET THE MENGOCL NJUGATE (MENACWY) VACCE. DR. JOSé R. ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF THE NATNAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATN AND RPIRATORY DISEAS, SAID A STATEMENT THE DISEASE IS HIGHLY PREVENTABLE WH VACCATN.“GETTG VACCATED AGAST MENGOCL DISEASE IS THE BT WAY TO PREVENT THIS SER ILLNS, WHICH N QUICKLY BEE ADLY,” ROMERO SAID. “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.” JOSH FIALLO

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. “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.”.

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

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

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

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. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

You never know if the people hopped up on that transphobic hysteria that the ernor keeps pumpg out are the same on that are gog to show up to an event that you’re at.”Wolf had sought refuge Florida 15 years ago when he was done wh ral Oregon, the childhood home where he suffered embedd racism and homophobia on a daily basis. Among his motivatns for wrg the book was to reclaim tersectnaly om DeSantis and others on the right who seek to hijack .He explas: “I wanted to give a human flavour to what tersectnaly actually looks and feels like and what feels like to experience racism and homophobia at the same time.

Growg up a nservative majory whe town was difficult bee the same kid who would ll me the N-word on one day would ll me a homophobic slur on another day and I was nstantly navigatg the tersectns of those two thgs.“At the same time, I was stg around a dner table wh my fay, who was also nservative and whe, and there were jt moments where we were never gog to unrstand each other.“Although I had a roof over my head, a warm place to lay my head every night, jt didn’t ever feel like home and that n be isolatg for a young person and ultimately that’s what drove me to move 3,000 om home.”Wolf’s book has been praised for s raw honty and vulnerabily.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Last month DeSantis’s mpaign released an anti-LGBTQ+ vio assailg Tmp for his past support of gay and transgenr people.Wolf ments: “It is a sry time to be not jt LGBTQ but LGBTQ and Black this state and ultimately that’s the tent. At least six people have died Florida as the state battl “one of the worst outbreaks of mengocl disease among gay and bisexual men U.