how has the effort been so senator what needs to be done. it s been very overwhelming couple of weeks dating back to mid-may. we began ring alarm as what we saw is the very foreseeable spread of monkeypox in our community. we coordinated with public health but we didn t have access to vaccine and now this this moment where we ve had to declare a public health emergency, it s harkening back to the early days of the aids epidemic when san francisco was abandoned by the federal government in our public health crisis among men who have sex with men. yeah, i mean, you you predicted this, and so, you know, there are a lot of people right now who are upset over the fact that they want a vaccine and can t get up. a 68-year-old man on the waiting list said, quote, i m feeling apprehensive. he said many residents like him are hearing echoes of the aids crisis. they are questioning whether the current mindset is it s just
they re hesitating are also thinking carefully, but unfortunately, are listening to the wrong sources when making that decision. my kids are vaxed and boosted. just to note. let s turn to monkeypox. you heard m.j. talking about the line that the administration and public health officials are walking here because this is a disease that the majority of people who have it in this country are men who have sex with other men. and yet at the same time, there is a desire to not demonize the gay community or the trans community. what might i don t want to what might the sensitivity be holding people back from doing? i mean, in other words, i remember, i m old enough to remember the aids crisis, the hiv crisis, when authorities in san francisco, for example, got demonized for shutting down bath houses, if i m remembering that correctly. because the gay community thought they were being unfairly stigmaed. how does this rear itself? how does this rear its head? i think there s a couple
here the summer trying are two the aids crisis. you were headed the nih at that time. you ve openly talked about the lessons you learned at the time, and the criticism. the government did not act quickly enough. with monkeypox, we re seeing questions like this. the san francisco chronicle, would monkeypox receive a stronger response if it were not primarily affecting folks? republican senator burr says the government failed this population at the beginning of the aids epidemic, we should not fail them again. there is frustration and fear. do you see any parallels? there are certainly parallels because of a demographic group that is somewhat restricted. those individuals are certainly at rest. the one thing we want to do is get away from anything that stigmatizes this group. that is the enemy of public
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