From the same Dr. Fauci who brought us the "AIDS is for all of us" panic of 1981
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Oooh, save us!
When AIDS first reared its ugly head back in 1978 or so, Faucci and the medical establishment maintained that it was a disease mostly confined to homosexuals, and the nation responded by ignoring it. This infuriated the gay community, naturally, because no one was doing anything about a horrid, awful epidemic ravaging their community. Fauci saw the answer to this, and turned on a dime and proclaimed that we were all at risk. Overnight, federal funding to treat AIDS skyrocketed, and Fauci went from being a pariah to the gays to their hero. Here’s Fauci in action in 1983:
So now we have a new gay disease, and the media and the medical establishment won’t make the same mistake of allowing the world’s citizens of thinking it’s not a particularly worrisome problem. Already, the panic campaign is showing results:
19% of Americans worried about contracting Monkeypox
19% of Americans are worried about getting monkeypox in the next three months.
30% of those surveyed are worried about getting Covid-19 over the next three months.
Nearly half (48%) are unsure whether monkeypox is less contagious than Covid.
Two-thirds (66%) either are not sure or do not believe there is a vaccine for monkeypox.
The panic and deliberate refusal to say who, exactly, is at risk continues:
AS SCHOOL STARTS, COLLEGES WARN STUDENTS ABOUT MONKEYPOX RISK:
“One of the most sensitive issues colleges face is how to communicate about an outbreak that so far in the United States has spread mainly among men who have sex with other men. ‘We don’t want to stigmatize sexual behavior,’ said Lynn R. Goldman, dean of public health at GWU.”
The American College Health Association said in a statement: “Anyone can get monkeypox, so campuses should communicate it as a public health concern for all; however, campus communications can be tailored to different audiences to be most effective. No matter the audience, it is important that communications convey compassion, reduce stigma and address equity.”
Mishori said schools should brief athletes, coaches, custodians and others about the virus. “We recognize that anybody and everybody is at risk, regardless of gender or sexual orientation,” she said.
Spyridon S. Marinopoulos, chief medical officer of the University of Maryland, urged people on campus on Aug. 9 to take “everyday precautions” to protect themselves, such as regular handwashing and avoiding “close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox.”
[“close, skin-to-skin contact” is an anagram for “anal sex”, although I don’t quite understand how they’ve rearranged the letters]
They had the same “everybody is at risk” approach to AIDS, which spread unnecessary fear among a generation of straight people while leaving gays at increased risk.
Also, note the concern with “public health fatigue” post-Covid. Well, when you spread unfounded hysteria, and get most of the big issues wrong, people will listen to you less.
Already, modern-day Doctor Welbys are rushing to get their names in print and keep the pot boiling, like this article: I'm a Doctor and Beg Everyone to Read This Monkeypox Warning
Here are some current headlines tag a DuckDuck search for “anyone can get monkeypox” turned up:
Daniel J. Downer, an advocate for Black and Brown LGBTQ social issues in Central Florida, has been increasingly concerned by the messaging he’s seen about monkeypox.
He’s noticed it focuses heavily on telling men to stop having sex with men.
Daniel J. Downer, an advocate for Black and Brown LGBTQ social issues in Central Florida, has been increasingly concerned by the messaging he’s seen about monkeypox.
He’s noticed it focuses heavily on telling men to stop having sex with men.
“This isn’t a gay or queer disease specifically,” he said. “It’s not only transmitted through sex. Unfortunately, I think ... public health officials have made a serious misstep with just putting so much focus on that.”
Monkeypox can infect anyone. It spreads through close, skin-to-skin contact with an infected person’s rash or bodily fluids, or uncleaned surfaces that their rash has touched, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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“Calling monkeypox a gay disease, I think, is blatantly stigmatizing and incorrect,” said Dr. Jonathan Appelbaum, a practicing physician and chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Florida State University.
As the disease spreads, so does stigma. NBC news reported Wednesday that a group allegedly attacked a gay couple on a Washington, D.C. street: the suspects mentioned monkeypox and yelled an anti-gay slur. In many countries, being gay is illegal or incites violence. Bloomberg News reported that in India, cases are being undercounted because queer men with monkeypox are scared to get tested for fear of being outed.
But hooray for Florida’s health authorities — they handled COVID better than any other state in the nation, and their doing the same with this panic:
Meanwhile, some health officials continue to insist that the virus isn’t a concern to people outside the gay community.
Florida Department of Health spokesperson Jeremy Redfern on Aug. 4 mocked Florida school boards who wanted guidance on how to minimize risk to their students.
“We are now getting requests for monkeypox guidance from school boards. Guys… c’mon,” he tweeted. “@FLSurgeonGen and @HealthyFla [FDOH and State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo] isn’t going to let you put masks on kids for a disease that is almost exclusively spreading among adult men through sexual contact.”
Then there’s this ominous warning fro the Fauci crew:
“The CDC is not currently recommending masks for this virus because the agency has not linked any cases in this outbreak to airborne transmission.”
Ban people from attending church or the funerals of their loved ones, keep everyone locked in their homes, limit the number of people allowed in grocery stores? Sure! Forbid gay sex festivals and hole-in-one contests? Of course not, because that would be “stigmatizing”.
Fauci said last week that people’s distrust of him and his fellow medical experts was “inexplicable”. To the lamp posts with them.
