that don t have frequent is sex partners. we shouldn t be stigmatizing. we have to get around it. it s due to that exact issue, it s spreading mostly through sex. and as you said, more of cases are in the black and hispanic community. they have to get the resources. arthel: and as you said, this is not about ostracizing or stigmatizing anybody, this is about getting the help that everybody needs to make sure that this is taken care of for whoever needs the treatment. so, dr. marc, we i don t know that we have a lot of answers in this segment, it was more discussion, so we ll have to have you back on, you know, as we as you research more and more answers are provided. but lots of definitely good questions out there that we just hit, i think. i have to go but go ahead. final point. arthel, we have the tests, we have the treatment, t-pox, we have the vaccines. it s a disgrace that we don t have it to the places that we need it, that s for sure, and we ve got to get it there. arthel:
how why do you think it is too late? well, in middle of may, we had ourfirst case. there were a trickle of cases after that. now we have 6,600. we are the highest grossing country in the world right now, and the longer you wait, the more expensive it takes. for example, if you imagine having a few cases and doing contact tracing around that, it is very manageable. you can nip it in the bud. if you wait for 6600, and many people think this is really the tip of the iceberg because it is so hard to diagnose clinically, not a lot of patients are going to get diagnosis, and not a lot of clinicians are recognising it in time to give a diagnosis, and apart from that it s stigmatising to say, hey, doctor, can you give me a monkey pox test, because it evokes images of multiple sex partners, unprotected sex, and not being responsible. so, what needs to happen now if there is this funding? you mention some of the challenges that are there. if you were the person who was spending that money,
they ve also appointed a coordinator at the white house level, and the deputy coordinator is a former new york city public health official, a member of the community. i m very optimistic about what they will be able to do, but the anger has not subsided here in new york city. they posted 22,000 appointments online yesterday at 6:00 p.m. they were gone within minutes. wow. again, tremendous anger. the growing number of cases, as you know, eric, is presenting something of a conundrum for health officials where cases are surging like new york, like san francisco. the question is whether to officially recommend that gay men limit their sex partners as the w.h.o. has done, and the concern about it is that it could lead to more stigmatizing of the gay community. what are the conversations you are hearing about that? well, i personally don t
happened when black men who have sex with men do not acknowledge that they are having that as a nonheterosexual experience, and then we see it spill over into the female sex partners and it is critical that we get ahead of that, and right now, we have to bring the communities together to say, how do we use this precious vaccine, and provide the risk/reduction information and do this to control in your own life and short term and not for the rest of your life, but for the months ahead until we have the vaccines. dr. michael osterholm, thank you. and now, more news on what has been erased clean? to be healthier, knowledge is everything. steps. calories. exercise minutes. because proven quality sleep is vital to ou health and wellness,
june being gay pride throughout the world and there were a lot of celebrations and that s where it started. but what people need to do is they need to be careful not to be skin-to-skin with anybody that may have fever, chills, sore throat, that has blisters. and, you know, be careful that way. also, if you are someone that has multiple sex partners, this may be the time, you know not maybe. this is the time to probably cut that back considerably. so it is with human interactions that monkeypox is spread. and it is a very close contact that spreads it. and he added that the designation from the w.h.o. is important in raising awareness about how quickly the virus is spreading, and the need to take action now. the number of global covid cases fueled by the b.a.5 subvariant, you can see on this