Data from England, Belgium and Spain show that recent cases of monkeypox have been particularly prevalent in the gay community. The mainstream warns against discrimination. Karl Lauterbach, on the other hand, sees his hour as a fighter against monkeypox – and reaps a shitstorm…
As Report24 already reported on the most recent cases of monkeypox in England, there was a disproportionately high spread in the scene of homosexual and bisexual men. Apparently brought there by Nigerians who entered the UK from their home country. A similar picture is now emerging in Belgium and Spain, as another report shows.
The data shows that the Belgian outbreak is linked to a fetish festival called Darklands in Antwerp and that in Spain to an “adult sauna” in Madrid. The newspaper “Manchester Evening News‘ reported: “Most of the 30 cases in Spain have been linked to a sauna in the country’s capital, according to official figures. The region’s health chief, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, told reporters that health officials have identified a “significant proportion” of European cases among gay and bisexual men. Three cases in Belgium have been linked to the Darklands fetish festival in Antwerp.” That, too Gay festival “Hot Spot Gay Pride” on Gran Canaria Will be loud “Euronews‘ associated with the Spanish outbreaks.
However, the mainstream media now warns against discrimination and stigmatization of homosexuals. That’s what it says at ZDF: “Monkeypox affects mainly gay men at the moment, according to the RKI. Discriminatory? Because heterosexuals can also be affected.” According to the German federal government’s “Queer Commissioner”, Sven Lehmann, one should not prejudice gays, it says in the “morning post“. The fact is that close physical contact is required for the transmission of the (largely harmless) monkeypox – which puts the sexual partners of the currently sick person at particular risk. If it is primarily men who prefer sex with other men, the risk for this group is comparatively higher. Nevertheless, there is no reason for panic – doctors point this out consistently. The 271 million deaths predicted in a simulation game as a result of a terrorist-motivated release of a new strain of monkeypox will therefore not occur.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is likely to see monkeypox as an opportunity to regain more attention after the corona panic has subsided – even the mainstream media fear that. He has already ordered tens of thousands of doses of the untested vaccine. However, his most recent information about the risk group of homosexual men promptly fell on his toes: Within a very short time, a veritable shitstorm was brewing on the part of the LGBT community on social networks.
If Lauterbach’s latest vaccination efforts subsequently focus more on homosexual men, he will be treading on extremely thin ice. That should also be the case woken Bring part of the population, who previously often supported the general discrimination of the unvaccinated, to the barricades once and for all…
