face another days surge in vaccine demand. covid-19 still raging and now monkeypox. i think one of the biggest challenges is really just the inconsistency of the supply. here in california, nearly all of those who have reported probable or confirmed cases, more than 98% are men. with 97% of patients identifying as lgbtq. while deaths are rare, the symptoms are visible and painful. oh, i had between 6 and 800 lesions. it was like someone taking a hole puncher all over my body and there were points where i can t walk or touch things. pretty difficult. kevin said his symptoms lasted two weeks and he chronicled it on social media. i didn t want to be alone and see if other people were experiencing what i was. reporter: a familiar sentiment for long time lgbtq advocates live and working in san francisco s famed castro district.
weeks. from new york to the bay area. it shows people are concerned about it. reporter: and willing to stand in hours long lines to spill on the to the sidewalk. inside, exhausted hospital staff face another day s surge in vaccine demand. covid-19 still raging. and now? monkeypox. i think one of our biggest challenges is really just the inconsistency of the supply. if we could serve more, we would love to not have to turn people away. reporter: here in california, nearly all of them who were reported probable or confirmed cases, more than 98% are men. with 97% of patients identifying as lgbtq, while deaths are rare, the symptoms are visible and painful. i had between six and 800 lesions. it was like someone taking a whole puncher all over my body right under my skin. so there are points where i couldn t walk. i couldn t touch things. really difficult. reporter: diagnosed on july
area. all right. thank you so much. all right. turning now to the monkey pox outbreak, san francisco has become the first major american city to declare it a public health emergency as vaccine demand surges there and the state of new york has declared monkey pox an imminent threat to public health. new york and california are the two hardest hit states. they account for almost half of the nation s confirmed monkey pox cases. cnn is in san francisco. how will this emergency declaration help people who have been exposed to or are seeking the vaccine there? reporter: hey, fred. ideally this gets them resources quickly because that s what officials here are saying. they re saying they need outreach. they need testing. they need vaccines. they need treatment. and this state of emergency should help get all of those
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Our state vaccination drive has covered most adults and met a key public-health objective. It’s about time a market emerged that can meet diverse vax choices in the private domain