Effort comes just a few days before Saturday's Pride parade
public organizations have recently indicated that members of gay, bisexual and transgender communities have made up a significant percentage of those who have contracted monkeypox infections, with some linked to raves and other large parties overseas in the spring.
“We looked at what other jurisdictions have done, to understand what’s the best way to go about doing this,” Shah said. “This is not just a decision made by the county; it’s a decision made by the community.” Fernando López Jr., director of San Diego Pride, said messaging has been going out in newsletters, on social media and through other channels for about three weeks now.
The county health department was particularly pointed in its messaging Tuesday, “encouraging gay, bisexual, transgender and other men who have sex with men to abstain or practice safer sex to avoid getting and spreading the monkeypox virus.”
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