State is second in three days to make decision amid push to fight outbreak with vaccines, outreach and education
gay and bisexual men and reopened old traumas for those who lived through the HIV/Aids crisis.
“We’ll continue to work with the federal government to secure more vaccines, raise awareness about reducing risk, and stand with the LGBTQ community fighting stigmatization,” Newsom said in a statement announcing his declaration. “The monkeypox outbreak is an emergency, and we need to use every tool we have to control it,” said Scott Wiener, a Democratic state senator from San Francisco, who hailed the governor’s decision.
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