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Dana Pico looks at the #1 issue with Monkeypox. Too many are afraid of unvarnished truth!
As we have previously noted, telling the people most at risk for contracting Monkeypox how to avoid it is just way, way, way too politically incorrect! Monkeypox, an infection that is being spread primarily, though not exclusively, by male homosexual sex, certainly worries the homosexual male community, but our public health officials are apparently very, very worried about not saying the wrong thing, lest they be deemed politically incorrect or, horrors! homophobic.
As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Declares a Health Emergency
The designation will free up emergency funds and lift some bureaucratic hurdles, but many experts fear containment may no longer be possible.
As Dana points out the numbers of cases is minute, and deaths from it, exactly zero, yet…
Let’s see: 6,600 cases, out of a population of roughly 330,000,000, means that a whopping 0.002% of Americans have been infected by a disease which, while very uncomfortable, has led to exactly zero fatalities in the United States.
More than 99 percent of people infected with monkeypox in this country are men who have sex with men, which has posed a delicate task for public health officials communicating with the public about the threat. They do not want to stigmatize gay people, as happened in the early days of the H.I.V./AIDS epidemic, but neither do they want to downplay their particular risk.
Translation: political correctness is far more important than disease prevention!
And now the CDC have released their guidelines, Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, and Monkeypox
While CDC works to contain the current monkeypox outbreak and learn more about the virus, this information can help you make informed choices when you are in situations or places where monkeypox could be spread. Monkeypox is not considered a sexually transmitted disease, but it is often transmitted through close, sustained physical contact, which can include sexual contact.
Go read the rest. This mincing and parsing words is asinine. Just tell people the truth! No verbal gymnastics are needed. Just lay out the facts. If someone gets their feelings hurt over the truth, then that is their issue.
OK, fair enough the focus on Monkey Pox to be with the male homosexual community. That mindset ignores the fact that some guys, unbeknownst to their partners, are “double-dipping” – male & female partners. Whether they’re in the closet, it can’t happen to me or simply for variety, it’s bound to be happening. All more the reason to “keep it zipped”!