{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "can we just not fuck up this monkeypox thing. have we learned anything", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/690337692967469056/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://ghostpalmtechnique.tumblr.com/post/690333057770815488/poipoipoi-2016-rustingbridges-can-we-just-not\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">ghostpalmtechnique</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a href=\"https://poipoipoi-2016.tumblr.com/post/690331450109837312/rustingbridges-can-we-just-not-fuck-up-this\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">poipoipoi-2016</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https://rustingbridges.tumblr.com/post/690330962929876992/can-we-just-not-fuck-up-this-monkeypox-thing-have\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">rustingbridges</a>:</p><blockquote><p>can we just not fuck up this monkeypox thing. have we learned anything<br/></p></blockquote>\n<p>The LGBTQ+ community is in panic mode right now because it\u2019s AIDS all over again except that this time it <i>does</i> spend by merely touching a toilet seat.  </p><ul><li>The public health agencies have spent the last few months telling everyone it\u2019s \u201cthe queer disease\u201d (Direct quote with word choice stolen from those \u201cqueers\u201d themselves)</li><li>Facebook groups are full of \u201csecond chickenpox\u201d rumors that are totally Monkeypox except that once again we\u2019re not testing anyone who isn\u2019t a gay man.  </li><li>The kids going back to school in the fall is going to be a nightmare</li><li>Much like in the 1980s, there\u2019s an anti-LBGTQ backlash going on</li><li>Except that this time since there\u2019s \u201cthe groomer panic\u201d, when all the kids get sick, it\u2019s going to be \u201cThose gay pedo schoolteachers\u201d in half the districts in the country\u2026.</li></ul><p>Meanwhile, the FDA is of course forbidding us from importing vaccines so at least we\u2019ve got that going for us.  </p></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Here is an infectious disease specialist disputing the \u201cwe\u2019re not testing anyone except gay men claim\u201d, among others:</p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"768\" data-orig-width=\"1096\"><img src=\"/media/bf84f7f74147c4ff887922cd45cfe9ae842888a3_1809b60d5505.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"768\" data-orig-width=\"1096\" data-media-key=\"8908e975ede608c6b0ec703057e2aa93:e853caaf2c3caaa3-2e\" alt=\"It has been 2 months since the first cases were reported in the MPX multi-country outbreak, &amp; the # of cases has now crossed 14k globally. While accurate information is critical to staying ahead, there is so much misinformation. An update on the current status of #monkeypox.\ud83e\uddf5\n\n\u2014 Muge Cevik (@mugecevik) July 20, 2022\"></figure><p>(see the 4th tweet in the thread addressing that claim specifically)</p></blockquote>\n<p>So if its symptoms are frequently taken as &ldquo;second chickenpox&rdquo; will we all just get it, be unpleasant for a bit, and move on? That&rsquo;s how I and everyone got first chickenpox before the vaccine, though I heard it&rsquo;d be worse if I hadn&rsquo;t been in kindergarten</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/bf84f7f74147c4ff887922cd45cfe9ae842888a3_1809b60d5505.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 1096, "thumbnail_height": 768}