WHO adviser: "Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease because reasons"
WHO adviser: "Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease because reasons" We are ruled by ridiculous and deeply unserious people. eugyppius Andy Seale, virus idiot. Some random “WHO adviser” and the Canadian Global News want you to know that Monkeypox could spread through sexual contact, but it’s not an STI : While the world is seeing some cases among that group, anyone can get monkeypox through close contact with an infected person, said Andy Seale, an adviser to the World Health Organization’s Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs programs. “It seems clear that this is linked to close contact. This could be through social contact, possibly through sexual contact, which of course is close contact (but) we’re still in the early days of this outbreak so there’s a lot we’re still learning,” said Seale during a virtual question-and-answer event. “While we’re seeing some cases among men who have sex with men, this is not a gay disease as some people on social media have attempted ...