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Monkeypox. Why is it mainly affecting gay men?

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snowberryZ Sat 23-Jul-22 17:13:04

Why isnt it also rife amongst gay women?
Or amongst heterosexual community?
It can be sexually transmitted, so surely it should be spreading evenly across the boards?
Just trying to understand, As it's been on the news. Again

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Chestnut Sun 24-Jul-22 10:11:24

Just to add that any disease which is passed through close contact with another human is certainly going to spread quickly if people have multiple partners, and lots of them.

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Caleo Sun 24-Jul-22 10:54:57

It just so happened it started off with gay men and it snowballed from there because gay and bisexual men form a closed community. However eventually monkey pox will spread to heterosexual people too, perhaps via bisexual men.

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Casdon Sun 24-Jul-22 11:31:31

Caleo

It just so happened it started off with gay men and it snowballed from there because gay and bisexual men form a closed community. However eventually monkey pox will spread to heterosexual people too, perhaps via bisexual men.

It already has transmitted into females in the UK, there were 14 cases in women as at last week. 73% of cases are in London so far, but it is becoming widespread across the UK.

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Chestnut Sun 24-Jul-22 14:32:10

Well of course this will leave the gay community when men who pick up other men go back to their wives/partners and infect them. Ultimately, this kind of disease is always spread most quickly through people having multiple partners.

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