Have public health officials and the news media been less than candid in their explanations of the risk factors in the worldwide monkeypox outbreak? Are we seeing a replay of why people are losing confidence in doctors and journalists who have not been forthright about the public in the COVID-19 pandemic?
Monkeypox is an uncommon viral infection, and the most common means of spread is close contact with an infected person who has the typical rash or contact with clothing that has touched the rash.
Even the World Health Organization acknowledges this outbreak is different. According to its latest statement, “The majority of confirmed cases of monkeypox are male and most of these cases occur among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in urban areas and are clustered in social and sexual networks.”
