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2022-08-11 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Early data shows monkeypox disproportionately affecting Black men

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-11 07:20|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 They need more data. It probably hit the gay black community first. The communicability of this Pox is well known and very low. The CDC has tracked and studies it for decades. So it hit GA first, in a black community. Its not about race, its about culture. But god forbid we call it where its hitting.

Posted by 49 Pan 2022-08-11 08:52|| 2022-08-11 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Can't rule out differences in susceptibility due to genetics either.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-11 09:14|| 2022-08-11 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3
#2 ^ : M. Murcek
Makes a valid point, Genetics.

BUTT lifestyle also played/plays an important role also.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-08-11 09:48|| 2022-08-11 09:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Another one of many equal opportunity diseases.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-11 10:00|| 2022-08-11 10:00|| Front Page Top

I blame privileged British colonial primatologists and anthropologists.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-11 10:08|| 2022-08-11 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Johns of the Rich and Famous.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-08-11 10:34|| 2022-08-11 10:34|| Front Page Top

#7 OK, I'll bite (metaphorically, of course):
Does this mean that monkeypox virus be raciss or that Black men are disproportionally gay?