and these people are also less likely to have mpox vaccinations. and it s extremely dangerous for people living with untreated hiv. we have people in the hospital, in new york city right now with severe monkeypox infections, losing fingers, and at risk for death. yes, well we re no longer seeing hundreds of cases a day. we have now entered the phase where will once again leaving behind the very same americans that have been left behind for decades. when we can look at the hiv crisis. we ve been seeing reports about the different factors if you well, that contributed to the mpox outbreaks. to the outbreak weaning down, including that the lgbt committee took their own steps to mitigate the virus. what s your take on what ultimately caused the spread to slow down. do we have a better understanding of what scientifically led to the slowing down? yeah, it s certainly. the vaccine is turning out to be highly effective.
death. yes, while we re no longer seeing hundreds of cases a day, we have now entered the phase where we ll once again be leaving behind the very same americans that have been left behind for decades. when we can look at the hiv crisis. we ve been seeing reports about the different factors if you well, that contributed to the mpox outbreaks. to the outbreak weaning down, including that the lgbt committee took their own steps to mitigate the virus. what s your take on what ultimately caused the spread to slow down? do we have a better understanding of what scientifically led to the slowing down? yeah, certainly. the vaccine is turning out to be highly effective. we didn t know that much about how effective it would be. in real world when this all began. i think covid taught us amongst what showed us again that in emergency epidemics,
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
transmission here. it would be useful to tease that out. there is a certain degree useful to tease that out. there is a certain degree of useful to tease that out. there is a certain degree of sensitivity - useful to tease that out. there is a certain degree of sensitivity about | certain degree of sensitivity about this because the majority of the cases, considerably the majority of cases, considerably the majority of cases, have been three men who have six with other men, and also the majority appear to be those who have multiple sexual partners within maybe a or two months. that is going to a certain amount of intelligent targeting of information without spreading hysteria or encouraging the kind of negative stereotyping that we saw during the hiv crisis. do you think that governments are able to deal with this? i do you think that governments are able to deal with this? able to deal with this? i think it varies. if we able to deal with this? i think it varies. if we look a