Actor Matt Ford describes what it's like to have monkeypox

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Originally published at: Actor Matt Ford describes what it's like to have monkeypox | Boing Boing

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Currently in my largish Canadian city with an active outbreak, the criteria for being vaccinated is that you must meet all of the following criteria:

  • be a man who has sex with men
  • have had sex with two anonymous partners in the last three weeks
  • has been treated for an STI in the last three months, and
  • be planning to have anonymous sex at least two more times in the next three weeks.

In the meantime, I know two local people now with it, and one more a city over, and NONE one of them meet all (or any more than one) of the criteria items. It’s fucking criminal.

Edit: I’ve just processed this a little bit more mentally, but in order to get vaccinated under this criteria, I have to promise to undertake further risky behaviour. Or lie. In order to obtain health care. Wild.

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I’m staying away from everyone and don’t have skin to skin contact with anymore than one other person. So hopefully I won’t have to worry about it.

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Of course, when it’s apparent many folks don’t give a damn about infecting others with COVID, I predict the same for monkeypox. :man_shrugging:

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Oh, so your area is treating it like AIDs back in the 80’s? how quaint. /sarcasm

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