Sandilands hits new low with ‘hurtful’ monkeypox business | AndrewHornery
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O remain on top of the FM ratings.And in the process, Sandilands, who appeared on the back of a float in the 2018 Sydney Mardi Gras, has deeply offended the marginalised groups he claims to have long championed, including gay men, who are confronting potentially the greatest health crisis and stigma to impact them since the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1980s.
Sandilands also said he was concerned about getting the disease from promiscuous gay colleagues, saying “I’m putting my life in the gays’ hands as well”, even though the show’s medical expert, dubbed Dr KIIS, said the virus had a low mortality rate. “When people hear segments such as this, it inflames stigma and deters people from visiting healthcare clinics to be tested and vaccinated.
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