{"id":8526,"date":"2022-09-22T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:29:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:37","slug":"gay-or-bisexual-men-express-concern-about-monkeypox-are-critical-of-governments-response","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/09\/22\/gay-or-bisexual-men-express-concern-about-monkeypox-are-critical-of-governments-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay or bisexual men express concern about monkeypox, are critical of government\u2019s response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A man gets the monkeypox vaccine in Encino, California, on Sept. 8, 2022. (Sarah Reingewirtz\/MediaNews Group\/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Survey respondents who describe themselves as gay or bisexual men are especially concerned about the monkeypox outbreak and offer a more negative appraisal of the U.S. government\u2019s response than straight men, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Men who describe themselves as gay or bisexual are also more likely to say they have received or intend to get a monkeypox vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency<\/a> on Aug. 4 as cases spread throughout the country following the first reported case<\/a> on May 17. The vast majority of reported monkeypox cases<\/a> have been among men who have sex with men. Members of the LGBTQ community have expressed frustration<\/a> with the government\u2019s response to the outbreak, including the limited availability of vaccines to prevent the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n

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