Public health emergency declared in San Diego over monkeypox
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San Diego county health officials declared a public health emergency over monkeypox on Tuesday due to the vaccine scarcity and rising cases.
"The situation we face with monkeypox is fundamentally very different," said San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, according to the Times of San Diego. "We take it very seriously, but as I mentioned earlier it is exponentially less transmissible. We know more about it. We also have a vaccine at the start of it."
"At this time, monkeypox outbreaks are disproportionately impacting our LGBTQ community, but we know it can spread to others," Fletcher added. "And it is vitally important that we not stigmatize any individual, that we not stigmatize any community, that we not cast any aspersions."
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