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HOW GAY MEN SAVED US FROM MPOX
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In early May of 2022, mpox found s way to gay rav Spa and Belgium, huge annual parti that draw men om all over the world. So this outbreak that started gay and bisexual muni mostly stayed those muni, but not for long.
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DR. DAVID GAY
The Associated Prs didn’t mentn that this outbreak was beg seen almost exclively gay men until 15 paragraphs to one report; other reports didn’t mentn gay and bisexual men at all.
A gay man snng headl May of last year might have learned of an outbreak — but unls he had traveled to Wt Ai recently, or had ntact wh fected ronts or primat, he uld have easily nclud that he wasn’t at this sire to avoid stigmatizg gay and bisexual men was unrstandable, wasn’t helpful. We know gay sex has been unfairly blamed for everythg om natural disasters to the fall of Rome.
STEVEN GAY, MD
But their efforts to avoid stigmatizg the muny, health thori and the media failed to effectively warn gay and bisexual men. Ignorant of the threat as the vis spread, gay and bisexual men uldn’t take steps to protect themselv and their partners.