Yet many experts presume this is a substantial undercount, due to what they characterize as woefully insufficient screening and awareness about the virus. This figure has been increasing at a forebodingly swift pace since the global outbreak began in early May. outbreak of the virus.Īs of Thursday, 173 diagnoses of monkeypox in 24 states plus Washington, D.C., had been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And public health experts say marquee Pride gatherings this weekend in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Houston and Chicago could amount to a make-or-break moment for the U.S. After 27 dreary months of Covid-19 restrictions, which felled the past two years’ Pride celebrations, LGBTQ Americans are finally poised to fully celebrate their community on the public stage this weekend.īut in a stroke of uncannily inopportune timing, the monkeypox virus has just arrived on the scene, threatening to put a pall over the party.
