Unprotected Sex Boosts Mpox Danger for Gay Men as Drug-Resistant Strain Spreads

U.S. News & World Report ^ | October 11, 2024 | Ernie Mundell

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FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Infection with the mpox virus is five times more likely among gay and bisexual men who engage in unprotected anal sex as the receptive partner, a new analysis reveals.

The study dovetails with the release of a second report on clusters of mpox cases in California and Illinois of a strain of mpox that's resistant to treatment with the first-line drug tecovirimat.

Because not all viruses from mpox cases are genetically scrutinized, "these findings likely underestimate the prevalence of this newly recognized drug-resistant variant," noted a team led by Crystal Gigante. She's an investigator at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Excuse the sordid subject matter considering the population under discussion. They weave such a tangled web for themselves, they'll never be free from serious health issues.

[glorgau]

Some how this risk is going to spread to children and pet dogs. Maybe also sheep and stump broke horses.

[PGR88]

Our Neo-marxist, woke government will do their utmost to make sure freaks and perverts do not suffer consequences of their disordered behavior.

[cnsmom]

Might explain why Obama and Clinton are looking so sickly

[kawhill]

“Because not all viruses from mpox cases are genetically scrutinized, “these findings likely underestimate the prevalence of this newly recognized drug-resistant variant,” noted a team led by Crystal Gigante. She’s an investigator at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”

Are my federal income tax dollars being allocated to fund this research? Does Crystal have mpox? There, I wrote it.

[BenLurkin]

Eradicate the vector

[Road Warrior ‘04]

mAIDSpox?

[dfwgator]

“Come on ev’rybody, we’ve got quilting to do.”

[Regulator]

Think our ancestors figured that out like a few millennia ago and wrote it down in a book...

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"As reported by Gigante and colleagues, mutations that arise in the mpox virus during extended treatment can spur viral resistance to first-line drugs, including tecoviramat."

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ChatGPT: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination” is a verse from the Bible, Leviticus 18:22. It is commonly interpreted to mean that God forbids same-sex relations.

[Gay State Conservative]

So one can look at the average faggot today as being a walking petri dish.

[Billthedrill]

What a surprise. Who could have guessed?

[fwdude]

The quilt needs to be sanitized, or burned... just to make sure.

[Sequoyah101]

There is a way to cure that problem. It works every single time it is tried. It is a secret many of us already know.

[fwdude]

Our Neo-marxist, woke government will do their utmost to make sure freaks and perverts do not suffer consequences of their disordered behavior.

Worse than that, they'll find a way to pin the blame on us normals, as usual. "Homophobia" is the ever-ready villain.

[Orosius]

I know they didn’t want to insult any monkeys, but what does the M in Mpox stand for now?

[Mashood]

Just spreading more of that LGBTQ+&#%$ love.

[Tax-chick]

That’s so unexpected.

[stevio]

Two things ended my empathy for homosexuals in the ‘80s. Blaming Reagan for AIDS & The Crying Game.