Current Events > It's ridic. how the media avoids revealing monkeypox being mostly among the LGBT

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What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

Most media aren't reporting it. They're just reporting the parts like 'WHO declares health emergency' and 'monkeypox surpasses ___ cases'

If it wasnt the case, we wouldn't have articles like these from angry journalists trying to spread more of the truth

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/25/monday-briefing-monkeypox-gay-bisexual-men-public-health-who

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/18/monkeypox-gay-men-deserve-unvarnished-truth/

If you're the kind of person glued to the internet all day... I mean sure, you'll likley see this news.

But most people that only browse tiktok/instagram only get the brief headlines that intentionally omits this fact.

Yea I knew that MSM are the most at-risk group. Maybe it's just your news articles as a straight person or something. All the articles I see mention the high risk MSM thing.

so we don't have some misleading uproar panic that this is some kinda new pandemic?

The WHO article is especially, misleading AF on this toward the public

so we don't have some misleading uproar panic that this is some kinda new pandemic?

But most people that only browse tiktok/instagram only get the brief headlines that intentionally omits this fact.

Ah, but i do have a question tc. Why are you so concerned about making sure that the public associates monkey pox with the LGBT community?

If they are most susceptible and more likely to get infected, maybe that's something that should be brought to the forefront so as to inform people who practice that lifestyle to be aware?

Wait so straight people cant get it at all?

I see people around me talking like this is some next pandemic like covid was. Like seriously. Nothing exemplifies more about liberal political correctness bias than this right here...

Oh yea I get it, the media wants to avoid stigmatizing gay people. I have nothing against the community either but it's ironic since by not reporting on this about monkeypox, they're simply doing the same community they're trying to protect more harm instead.

Most gays wont even know they're the ones 98% more susceptible to monkeypox than not

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

people who practice that lifestyle

I don't like how many people in this topic seem to think the facts should be avoided because of possible stigmatization. Stigmatization is bad but that doesn't mean we should get partial news, we need to know all the facts for things as important as this. It isn't up to the news to try to control how people react, they should report the facts as they are, and it's on people to react how they will. Misleading people to control them does not appeal.

Ah, but i do have a question tc. Why are you so concerned about making sure that the public associates monkey pox with the LGBT community?

Gay and bisexual men are being diagnosed more because they're going to the doctor when they get this shit. The stigma of gay sexuality being more disease-prone and trauma stemming from the AIDS epidemic has resulted in gay/bi men having a much more involved relationship with their doctors when something looks or feels off.

The reason monkeypox is spreading the way it is is because people don't understand the symptoms, and when they get the blisters and shit, they put off going to the doctor. They also don't understand how it spreads, meaning they don't take the proper precautions. You can get it from working in a close proximity to a coworker, you can get it from direct contact with an infection site, and you can get it from touching an object that's been contaminated like an article of clothing or from an office chair that's touched an infection site. You can get monkeypox through your skin.

There are two aspects of this coverage that makes the monkeypox outbreak even harder to contain.

First of all, scapegoating queer men. Topics like this paint it as a disease that's more likely to befall gay men than any other demographic. That's not true - gay men are more likely to get tested for it which is leading to higher rates of diagnosis, and one reason this is becoming an outbreak is because other demographics aren't getting tested for it and are spreading it without being diagnosed. When you hear "the majority of monkeypox cases are found in men who have sex with men", you probably don't feel as vulnerable to it - but all it takes is Susan from accounting getting a rash from her husband who got it from his coworker who got it from their daughter, which is a series of events that's more likely to happen when all of those people think it's a "gay disease" that they're not at risk of getting.

The second thing is saying that monkeypox is an STD.

Without insulting the intelligence of anyone flocking to this bullshit, monkeypox is not an STD.

As mentioned - monkeypox can be transmitted through airborne pathogens and both direct and indirect touch. You can get it from coworkers. You can get it after bumping into a stranger. You can pick something up that's been in contact with monkeypox pathogens previously, and the disease will infect your skin. None of those causes are inherently sexual despite the right-wing hysteria about this disease being a gay STD. You might as well call COVID or leprosy an STD, because you're more likely to get those diseases from fucking an infected person than from going to Whole Foods.

This is a Mackorov topic so the intent is obvious, but rather than get bogged down in the dumb CE discourse horseshit, let's be productive. You're just as susceptible to monkeypox as any gay man of any level of sexual activity, even if you're the straightest virgin who ever walked the earth. So instead of scapegoating promiscuous queer men as the bringer of this plague, consider making an appointment with your doctor the next time you get a particularly nasty rash or other significant ailment or discomfort. Consider getting a blood test for HPV or any other blood-borne diseases you haven't gotten tested for in a while. And maybe try to be more open with other people about getting doctor's appointments, and urge them to get checked out themselves. Like I know that's gonna sound like pussy shit to anyone reading this, but it's a reasonable and thoughtful course of action to protect yourself and others against yet another contagion.

What? I've never seen the topic mentioned without LGBT people and the percentages being mentioned.

Gay and bisexual men are being diagnosed more because they're going to the doctor when they get this shit. The stigma of gay sexuality being more disease-prone and trauma stemming from the AIDS epidemic has resulted in gay/bi men having a much more involved relationship with their doctors when something looks or feels off.

The reason monkeypox is spreading the way it is is because people don't understand the symptoms, and when they get the blisters and shit, they put off going to the doctor. They also don't understand how it spreads, meaning they don't take the proper precautions. You can get it from working in a close proximity to a coworker, you can get it from direct contact with an infection site, and you can get it from touching an object that's been contaminated like an article of clothing or from an office chair that's touched an infection site. You can get monkeypox through your skin.

There are two aspects of this coverage that makes the monkeypox outbreak even harder to contain.

First of all, scapegoating queer men. Topics like this paint it as a disease that's more likely to befall gay men than any other demographic. That's not true - gay men are more likely to get tested for it which is leading to higher rates of diagnosis, and one reason this is becoming an outbreak is because other demographics aren't getting tested for it and are spreading it without being diagnosed. When you hear "the majority of monkeypox cases are found in men who have sex with men", you probably don't feel as vulnerable to it - but all it takes is Susan from accounting getting a rash from her husband who got it from his coworker who got it from their daughter, which is a series of events that's more likely to happen when all of those people think it's a "gay disease" that they're not at risk of getting.

The second thing is saying that monkeypox is an STD.

Without insulting the intelligence of anyone flocking to this bullshit, monkeypox is not an STD.

As mentioned - monkeypox can be transmitted through airborne pathogens and both direct and indirect touch. You can get it from coworkers. You can get it after bumping into a stranger. You can pick something up that's been in contact with monkeypox pathogens previously, and the disease will infect your skin. None of those causes are inherently sexual despite the right-wing hysteria about this disease being a gay STD. You might as well call COVID or leprosy an STD, because you're more likely to get those diseases from fucking an infected person than from going to Whole Foods.

This is a Mackorov topic so the intent is obvious, but rather than get bogged down in the dumb CE discourse horseshit, let's be productive. You're just as susceptible to monkeypox as any gay man of any level of sexual activity, even if you're the straightest virgin who ever walked the earth. So instead of scapegoating promiscuous queer men as the bringer of this plague, consider making an appointment with your doctor the next time you get a particularly nasty rash or other significant ailment or discomfort. Consider getting a blood test for HPV or any other blood-borne diseases you haven't gotten tested for in a while. And maybe try to be more open with other people about getting doctor's appointments, and urge them to get checked out themselves. Like I know that's gonna sound like pussy shit to anyone reading this, but it's a reasonable and thoughtful course of action to protect yourself and others against yet another contagion.