Monkeypox 
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11/13/2022
Monkeypox Has Been Around for Decades; This Outbreak is a Product of Neglect
by Alessandro Hammond and Cameron Sabet
The world's response to viral outbreaks in poor nations demonstrates the hoarding of resources in the Global North, but it's ultimately self-defeating for rich nations, too.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
8/12/2022
Monkeypox is a Failure to Learn from HIV-AIDS Activists
by Dan Royles
Attention to messaging – efforts to advise communities of gay men at risk of infection without stigma – has hidden a deeper message of AIDS activism in the 1980s: demands for an equitable and affordable health care system.
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SOURCE: Nursing Clio
7/28/2022
Can America Apply Lessons from HIV/AIDS Crisis to Deal with Monkeypox?
by Dan Royles
Public health debates on monkeypox need to look at the history of health messaging about HIV-AIDS to focus on communities of gay men currently at risk while avoiding triggering homophobic responses and stigma.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5/28/2022
Do Gay Men Need a Specific Monkeypox Warning?
by Jim Downs
The history of the HIV epidemic shows that the desire to avoid stigmatizing gay men should not override the imperative of identifying and advising populations about behavioral risk for contagious disease.
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