the fact that children are both more likely to catch and to suffer death or complications like blindness from monkeypox, combined with the cdc and media's immensely irresponsible framing of it as a gay sti and the massive recent spread of "groomer" rhetoric is going to get lgbt people killed
To be clear for those who don't know, monkeypox is NOT an STI. It's transmitted the same way chickenpox is, touching skin or objects that have touched the skin while infectious, or breathing the same air at close quarters. There's NO evidence thus far that it's ever transmitted through semen or vaginal fluids.
yes. while it is unproductive to assume any bodily fluid carries no risk of infection, (especially as monkeypox dna has been found in semen, saliva and feces) this is a disease which can also spread via things like ATM touchpads, laundry, doorknobs and toilet seats, and people are reporting having their symptoms of fever and sores dismissed and being refused testing because they are not men who have sex with men.
fortunately there is a highly effective vaccine, however there is an extremely limited amount available and in places with better availability such as NYC it is restricted to men who have recently had sex with multiple men, and newspapers like the NYT and Daily Mail have been blithely publishing photos of the men waiting outside in line to recieve it, outing them
