Health officials acknowledged the frustration over the shortage, which has prompted fresh worries about stigmatizing LGBTQ populations.
NEW YORK — Soaring demand for the monkeypox vaccine caused the appointment system to crash in New York City, one of many places where supplies have been running out almost as soon as they arrive.
“After COVID, this should have been easy,” said Daniel Ross, 25, a Harlem man who was one of the many who sought to make an appointment Tuesday. “I kept refreshing and refreshing. ... I was frustrated.”“It’s going to haunt me,” he said. “Me being a gay man who lives in Harlem, there’s a lot of anxiety.
As news of the outbreak spread, Jeff Waters asked his doctor to be vaccinated before the Baltimore man left for a trip to Europe, where cases have been rising. “They said ‘Sorry, we just don’t have them here,’” Waters recalled. Infections spread by direct contact with rashes, scabs or body fluids, according the CDC. It can spread through kissing, sex and body contact. In some cases, prolonged face-to-face exposure, as well as unwashed laundry contaminated by the virus, could lead to infection.
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