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300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 78w, 564w, 615w, 124w, 276w, 551w, 1101w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" siz="(max-width: 350px) 350px, (max-width: 1058px) 768px, (max-width: 1700px) 1080px, 2400px" width="1101" class="article__ImageTag-sc-7s8aer-2 ehmVhs"/></span><div class="article__ImageMeta-sc-7s8aer-3 jRhVSJ"><figptn class="article__ImageCaptn-sc-7s8aer-4 hrwttr">Geia is the top five stat for the number of monkeypox s, behd Florida, Illois, California, and New York. (Smh Collectn/Gado via Getty Imag)</figptn></div></figure></div></div><div class="flt__ContaerWrapper-sc-1k8y94x-0 bTqzht article-ntent-ntaer irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--flt"><div class="ntentWidth__ContaerWrapper-sc-1p9n6rf-0 gnvRpv irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--ntentWidth"></div><div class="flt__ContaerWrapper-sc-1k8y94x-0 bTqzht article-ntent irvg__ntaer irvg__ntaer--flt"><div><div class="articleContent__Wrapper-sc-1rqfqf-0 bDtujo le-mon__article-ntent pi-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent--articleContent" id="pi"><p>The overwhelmg majory of monkeypox s Geia have been ma up of Black men, acrdg to the state’s public health partment. </p><p>Nancy Nydam, spokperson for the Geia Department of Public Health, nfirmed to Capal B Atlanta that 82% of the more than 500 monkeypox s are Black men. </p><p>“The percentage speaks for self,” Nydam said. “We are fely seeg a trend of posive s among gay or bisexual Black men who have sex wh men.” </p><p>Geia is the <a href=">top five stat</a> for the number of monkeypox s, behd Florida, Illois, California, and New York. Unlike COVID-19, which is airborne, monkeypox spreads om prolonged human-to-human ntact or om handlg clothg or beddg of an fected person. This clus activi like kissg, cuddlg, or touchg parts of the body wh monkeypox sor. </p><div class="flt__InjectableWrapper-sc-1m0k3h2-0 cJpRA-D wp-block-le-mon-newsletter le-mon__newsletter-block le-mon__newsletter-block--flt"><div class="flt__InjectableInnerWrapper-sc-1m0k3h2-1 jTBpwt newsletter-block__ner le-mon__article-ntent"><h3 class="flt__TextWrapper-sc-hmou3q-0 nVGhA newsletter-block__tle irvg__text irvg__text--flt">Get Capal B ATL your box</h3><p class="flt__TextWrapper-sc-hmou3q-0 nVGhA newsletter-block__teaser irvg__text irvg__text--flt">Sign up for extra news and om the team.</p><form class="flt__SignUpForm-sc-1m0k3h2-2 dqdHij newsletter-block__form"><label class="flt__Label-sc-1m0k3h2-4 keCrGP newsletter-block__label" for="email"><span class="flt__LabelText-sc-1m0k3h2-5 hsohfX">Email Addrs</span><put type="email" id="email" name="email" placeholr="Email Addrs" value="" class="flt__TextInput-sc-1m0k3h2-3 eBYGHz newsletter-block__put"/></label><button type="subm" class="flt__Button-sc-1m0k3h2-6 ddfjwY newsletter-block__button"><svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 16 16" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="><path fill-le="evenodd" d="M10.146 4.646a.5.5 0 01.708 0l3 3a.5.5 0 010 .708l-3 3a.5.5 0 01-.708-.708L12.793 8l-2.647-2.646a.5.5 0 010-.708z" clip-le="evenodd"></path><path fill-le="evenodd" d="M2 8a.5.5 0 01.5-.5H13a.5.5 0 010 1H2.5A.5.5 0 012 8z" clip-le="evenodd"></path></svg><span class="flt__SubmText-sc-1m0k3h2-7 cJkLMn">Subm</span></button></form></div></div><p>It’s unclear if the trend is unique to Geia or metro Atlanta. Nydam poted to New York Cy, for example, where those affected have been mostly Lato and whe people.</p><p>Jt Smh, the director of the Campaign to End AIDS at the Posive Impact Health Center Atlanta, said there’s already been problematic stigma tied to the vis and gay and bisexual Black men. Monkeypox is not classified as a sexually transmted disease.</p><p>“It unrm the muny that’s affected, and impacts their abily to tst what public health thori are sayg,” Smh said. “And also giv the larger public a sense that this isn’t somethg that I need to worry about, which is also not often the se.”</p><p>Dr. Fra Fisher, an Atlanta-based physician who produc <a href=">vio explaers</a> addrsg muny health ncerns, says she worri the msagg will e people outsi of the muny to not take preutns. </p><p>“I’m aaid that people will thk ’s a gay man’s disease or a Black gay man’s disease,” she said. </p><p>Nydam didn’t have a specific answer for why the new outbreak of monkeypox, which typilly isn’t prent the Uned Stat, is disproportnately affectg Black men Geia. On Tuday, <a href=">the first woman</a> Geia tted posive for monkeypox. So far, no s of children ntractg monkeypox have been reported the state. </p><p>Geia is workg to crease distributn of monkeypox vacc, but suppli have been severely limed. On top of that, mand has far outpaced what’s available.</p><p>Nydam said the DPH has received 6,000 vacce dos, and will soon get an addnal 7,800. In the metro Atlanta area, Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwt unti have all begun distributg vacc, but jt hundreds at a time. </p><p>In Gwt, health partment spokperson Chad Wads said that all 300 appotments for the unty’s most recent vaccatn event were taken wh mut. Wads said they have distributed jt unr 1,000 vacce dos. In DeKalb, <a href=">all appotments</a> for an upg vaccatn event were taken.</p><p>So far, no aths rultg om monkeypox have been reported the most recent outbreak the Uned Stat. 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