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Experts worry monkeypox disinformation will harm LGBTQ+ community
The Hill ^ | August 6, 2022 | Brooke Midgon

Posted on 08/07/2022 7:07:21 AM PDT by C19fan

Three months since the first case of monkeypox was reported in the U.S., disinformation and harmful stereotypes targeting gay and bisexual men – who are most likely to become infected – continue to run rampant, causing some to worry that the spread of the disease will further stigmatize and isolate an already-marginalized group.

Upwards of 7,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the U.S. since May, afflicting mostly men who have sex with men.

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To: C19fan

There’s a good reason Satan is called the Father of Lies.

And his toads lie ALL of the time.


21 posted on 08/07/2022 7:23:12 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: C19fan

“Experts worry monkeypox disinformation will harm LGBTQ+ community”

If they were real experts, they would recognize that most of the harm is from monkeypox itself, not its “disinformation”.


22 posted on 08/07/2022 7:23:44 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: C19fan
Disinformation mostly means Unwelcome information.

23 posted on 08/07/2022 7:24:39 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: C19fan

Disinformation? Such as? The facts are what they are. Next thing you know there will be a report that it originated in some Chinese wet market.


24 posted on 08/07/2022 7:25:18 AM PDT by O6ret
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Disinformation” just means facts that don’t fit their agenda.

Reporters don’t report. They “shape” stories.


25 posted on 08/07/2022 7:27:27 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: C19fan

How many gays will be infected and die to prevent them from being stigmatized? Apparently the political left considers both truth and shame to be worse than death because they won’t close the clubs and bathhouses for “two weeks to flatten the curve”.


26 posted on 08/07/2022 7:28:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: C19fan

downsizing


27 posted on 08/07/2022 7:29:16 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

28 posted on 08/07/2022 7:31:33 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: C19fan
.....isolate an already-marginalized group.

Are these idiots serious? Marginalized? Sheesh... if anything "lionized" made social examples of normal progressive evolution. Lauded, hailed, exalted and on and on and on and on by government, media, Hollywood and every frigging leftist 'journalist' in existence.

Wanna stop it? Stop putting your members up other members butts. Stop rubbing up on each other when one of you KNOW you have rashes and/or poxes. Just stop it.

Fauci once said "two weeks to flatten the curve". You despicable sodomites can't even do more than a weekend.

29 posted on 08/07/2022 7:31:54 AM PDT by Gaffer (Infidel, and proud of it!)
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To: C19fan

Exspurts?


30 posted on 08/07/2022 7:38:20 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: C19fan

This is a major case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Our Chief Health Office in our county told us (we now him personally) that they are absolutely not to pin-point this as a homosexual activity related illness, thus stigmatizing this poor innocent segment of society.

Right away I thought that this would backfire on them. They would be attacked for not being honest and sounding the alarm so the anal attracted could (if they actually would) curtail their sessions to avoid becoming ill.


31 posted on 08/07/2022 7:43:15 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Maranatha)
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To: C19fan

Three months since the first case of monkeypox was reported in the U.S., disinformation and harmful stereotypes targeting gay and bisexual men – who are most likely to become infected – continue to run rampant, causing some to worry that the spread of the disease will further stigmatize and isolate an already-marginalized group.

Upwards of 7,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the U.S. since May, afflicting mostly men, who have sex with men.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


32 posted on 08/07/2022 7:43:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: C19fan

Let the little disease vectors be harmed.

Bunch of pipe busting, turd burgling, hamster shoving, kid diddling perverts.


33 posted on 08/07/2022 7:46:32 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Monkeypox after monkeying around in Gay California!:

While the U.S. did see some cases in May, the number of cases quickly grew in June and July.

While anyone can get the virus through skin-to-skin contact, currently 98% of cases outside Africa have been reported by homosexual men, with 71% of the cases are white, and 41% of cases are those with HIV/AIDS.

In California, monkeypox has particularly hurt gay communities, with the city of San Francisco alone accounting for one-third of all cases within the state and enacting a local public health emergency as a precaution.

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over monkey pox due to the spread of the virus statewide, the zeroed-in effect of monkeypox on the LGBT community and the possibility of mutations that could lead to more widespread effects and transmission by more people. While the growth has been slow, with California reporting 799 cases last Wednesday and only 1,310 cases this Wednesday, an emergency was nonetheless declared.

“California is working urgently across all levels of government to slow the spread of monkeypox, leveraging our robust testing, contact tracing and community partnerships strengthened during the pandemic to ensure that those most at risk are our focus for vaccines, treatment and outreach,” said Newsom in a statement on Monday. “We’ll continue to work with the federal government to secure more vaccines, raise awareness about reducing risk, and stand with the LGBTQ community fighting stigmatization.”

“Expanding the pool of eligible vaccinators will substantially aid current efforts and support anticipated further vaccination efforts upon receipt of additional doses from the federal government.”

https://californiaglobe.com/articles/sen-scott-wiener-chosen-as-chairman-of-senate-select-committee-on-monkeypox/

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34 posted on 08/07/2022 7:46:36 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: C19fan

What disinformation?
If you want to play corn hole, you better be having a bean bag in your hand?


35 posted on 08/07/2022 7:47:40 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: C19fan

We were told we had to modify pur behavior for the good of society because of covid.....how about the gays now? Naaaah


36 posted on 08/07/2022 7:48:54 AM PDT by BRL
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To: C19fan

“The collective unconscious” as Jung put it. You can feel that society is quietly sick of their sh*t. The public is ready to turn on them. And as idiotic liberals keep force-feeding their agenda to the populace, they get increasingly agitated. Woe to the left. Couldn’t happen to a better group.


37 posted on 08/07/2022 7:51:56 AM PDT by youngidiot (Race is irrelevant to everyone except the racists )
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To: silverleaf
afflicting mostly men who have sex with men

Thank goodness it doesn't affect homosexuals.

38 posted on 08/07/2022 7:54:07 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Vote Democrat and stay on the plantation!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

And, this was glamorized/justified in the heroic portrayal by TomHanks in “Philadelphia”.

Yeah, right.

He betrayed his partner in order to play the field in the back of a darkened theater. Then, played the victim.

I am not saying that condemnation is the only response to being irresponsible. But, it darned well ought to be part of the reaction — “if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime”.
It is called responsibility.


39 posted on 08/07/2022 7:55:28 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: C19fan
harmful stereotypes targeting gay and bisexual men – who are most likely to become infected

Uh-huh. So, by their admission, a fact is a "harmful stereotype" if it identifies a negative consequence of a voluntary, high-risk, unnatural, disgusting behavior.

40 posted on 08/07/2022 7:56:32 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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