Gay groups in France attributed the current state of the monkeypox crisis in the country to the perceived “inaction” of the state in fighting the disease.
Gay rights groups in the country say the French government is not doing enough to adequately deal with a gigantic monkeypox epidemic, while insisting that gay men “live their sexuality to the fullest with as many partners as they want”. , is not violated.
The criticism comes as the EU and other western regions are seeing an increase in cases of a disease that normally only occurs in some African countries, where the disease rarely affects men who have sex with other men (MSM).
France’s current crisis situation, with 1,567 confirmed cases, is grumbling about the country’s government’s fault and gay groups’ government response to the crisis compared to the country’s handling of COVID-19, according to gay umbrella organization Inter-LGBT.
“Inter-LGBT protests the government’s inaction, lack of preparedness and transparency,” said in a statement on the Inter-LGBT website, describing the monkeypox as “having been wreaking havoc in France for 2 months”.
The organization continued to demand greater transparency from authorities about the country’s stock of smallpox vaccines, which it believes should be used to prevent further monkeypox infections and expand availability. .
“…moral judgments have never had an impact on health,” the group wrote. In this context, Inter-LGBT reminds everyone of the right to fully enjoy their sexuality with as many partners as they want, given the realities of the epidemic.”
“…since monkeypox is a contagious disease, we demand the spread of the vaccine to all MSM, LGBT communities. [solidarity]… they may contribute to viral infection due to their random sexual intercourse”.
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The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over the weekend, with the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control reporting more than 10,000 cases detected in the EU last week, monkeypox continues to spread across Europe.
The majority of those who develop the disease appear to be men who have had sex with other men. Germany’s Robert Koch Institute said last week that only five cases were reported out of 2,191 cases in the country. to women.
While the UK government is now advising people to avoid having sex with other people, the popular gay dating app Grindr has issued warnings to its users in the UK and Europe.
Meanwhile, while the EU is busy giving the green light and supplying vaccines for the disease, the bloc has given the Bavarian Nordic pharmaceutical company permission to market its smallpox vaccine as a monkeypox vaccine.
According to a Reuters report, the approval will allow the Danish firm to market the vaccine specifically suitable for the treatment of monkeypox.
Source: Breitbart
