'If you remember back at the beginning of the HIV crisis, it was hard to find people who would treat us and then people became isolated and it just compounded itself.'
There's concern about stigmatizing the LGBTQ+ community as local leaders work to slow the spread of monkeypox and misinformation.spreads, so is concern about stigmatizing the LGBTQ+ community -- and local leaders are working to slow the spread of the virus and misinformation ahead of an event this weekend.
"I don't want young, queer kids to be ashamed of who they are or who they love or how they love, and think that's really important as we face this," said Suzanne Ford, Interim CEO, San Francisco Pride, noting the dangers of stigmatizing the community."I think maybe people might not go to receive treatment. People might not be as quick to help," said Ford.
"We shouldn't cast any aspersions or stigmas on that group. It just so happens that's the group that had the introduction," said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a leading infectious diseases expert at Stanford, adding the virus could have easily targeted a different group of people. "If it had been introduced into a community of daycare centers, for example, you might have seen a lot of spread through children in daycare because they have a lot of skin-to-skin contact," said Dr. Maldonaldo, adding the focus needs to be on slowing the spread of the virus - not stigmatizing those impacted. "Hopefully if we take measures very quickly, we can not only help that community, but keep it from spreading outside.
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