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'''Monkeypox''' is an infectious [[disease]] that has been spreading among [[homosexual]] men in the summer of 2022.  An early study in the ''New England Journal of Medicine'' found that 98% of the infected persons were homosexual men, 13% of whom were hospitalized due to the virus.<ref>https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/07/largest-monkeypox-study-date-highlights-new-symptoms</ref>  Perhaps because it is [[politically incorrect]] to discuss the pattern of contagion, government has been slow to respond.  In [[New York City]] beginning June 23, 2022, "men over age 18 who have sex with men and have had multiple or anonymous partners in the last 14 days are eligible to get the [vaccine] shots."<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/monkeypox-vaccines-offered-gay-bisexual-men-rcna35035</ref>

Symptoms begin with fever, headache, muscle pains, swollen lymph nodes, and feeling tired.  The disease is highly transmissible between [[homosexual]]s.<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/monkeypox-scare-gay-bisexual-men-cautioned-as-experts-try-to-understand-the-new-virus-5211727.html</ref>  It was reported that many who got infected by the disease participated in [[gay parade|homosexual parade]]s in [[Belgium]], [[Britain]],<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/monkeypox-scare-gay-bisexual-men-cautioned-as-experts-try-to-understand-the-new-virus-5211727.html</ref> and Spain.<ref>https://www.ibtimes.sg/sexual-health-focus-monkeypox-spreads-spain-probes-pride-parade-attended-by-80000-people-64742</ref>  The mortality rate from this disease in [[Africa]] is reportedly as much as 10%.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-monkeypox-symptoms-treatment-prevention/</ref>  After diagnosing four cases, Belgium became the first country to introduce a three week quarantine for monkeypox.<ref>https://fortune.com/2022/05/23/people-contact-monkeypox-advised-quarantine-3-weeks-belgium-uk/</ref>  There is speculation that this virus was experimented in labs of [[Wuhan]], [[China]].<ref>[https://twoplustwoequalsfournews.wordpress.com/2022/05/24/stunning-wuhan-lab-was-experimenting-with-monkeypox-last-year-published-research-report-in-international-journal-in-february/ Stunning. Wuhan Lab was Experimenting with Monkeypox Last Year – Published Research Report in International Journal in February]</ref>

Monkeypox was first discovered in monkeys in 1958.<ref>https://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/TFIR-337_Monkeypox-Fact-Sheet2.pdf</ref>  By early August 2022, monkeypox cases reached 28,000 in 85 countries as spread by men having sex with men.<ref>https://www.livemint.com/news/world/why-monkeypox-outbreak-is-a-public-health-emergency-who-chief-lists-2-crucial-reasons-11660130844989.html</ref>

In early June 2022, monkeypox was discovered in [[Mexico]] just south of its border with [[Texas]], near Laredo.<ref>https://www.borderreport.com/news/health/monkeypox-case-reported-south-of-texas-border/</ref>
== Response ==
On Thursday, July 28, 2022 [[San Francisco]] declared a public health emergency due to monkeypox.  Two days later, on July 30, 2022 [[New York City]] likewise declared a public health emergency due to monkeypox.

The governor of the State of New York said that, as of late July, 1 out of every 4 monkeypox cases in the [[United States]] is in the State of [[New York]].

By August 1, 2022, the [[Democrat]] governors of [[California]], [[Illinois]], and [[New York]] had all declared public health emergencies for monkeypox.

== See also ==

*[[Homosexuality and health]]

==References==
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