Vaccinating against monkeypox — at the club
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🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Black men who have sex with men are contracting monkeypox at a higher rate than any other group in the United States. But they are among the least likely to be vaccinated. Today, the creative outreach to get at-risk groups vaccinated against monkeypox.
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Monkeypox cases might be going down, but there are still at-risk groups. While Black gay men are more likely to get monkeypox than other demographic groups, they’re also less likely to be vaccinated. Johnny Wilson, an employee with a county health department in North Carolina and a Black gay man himself, tried to address this disparity by providing monkeypox vaccines at nightclubs. Reporter Fenit Nirappil on how representation makes a difference when trying to close vaccine gaps.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, I'd like to share with you the latest updates out of CDC on the current monkey |
| 0:06.6 | pox outbreak and new preliminary data on how the genios vaccine is performing. |
| 0:12.6 | Nationally, reported daily cases to continue to decline week over week. |
| 0:17.3 | Right now, monkey pox cases in the US are going down, which is great news. |
| 0:25.5 | Daily US infections now average around 200 after peeking at around 450 in mid-August. |
| 0:32.1 | On Wednesday, the White House monkey pox response team had a briefing where they talked about |
| 0:36.6 | what has gone right in the last couple of months. |
| 0:39.4 | This progress is a result of our comprehensive effort to get shots and arms, bring vaccines |
| 0:45.2 | directly to the impacted, and work closely with groups and communities and health departments |
| 0:51.5 | to help reduce risk behaviors. |
| 0:54.1 | The CDC also shared some cautious optimism about the two-dose vaccine that's being used against |
| 0:59.7 | monkey pox. |
| 1:01.1 | Scientists found that those who were just a couple weeks out from their first shot had a more |
| 1:04.8 | than 10-fold lower risk of getting monkey pox compared to people who were unvaccinated. |
| 1:10.6 | But let me be clear, we are not done with this fight. |
| 1:13.8 | There's still a lot of work to do. |
| 1:15.6 | We must continue to reach more of the highest risk communities, especially Black and Brown communities. |
| 1:20.7 | Even as the monkey pox threat has started to recede, one group is still experiencing the worst |
| 1:28.4 | of this often painful and visible disease. |
| 1:30.9 | As the monkey pox outbreak has been dragging on, you're seeing people of color disproportionately |
| 1:36.8 | affected. |
| 1:37.3 | That is health reporter Fennett Nearpill. |
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