CNN Ignores Science, Declares: 'Monkeypox Is NOT a Sexually-Transmitted Infection'

[Kamaji]

Politically-Correct CNN Ignores Science, Declares:  'Monkeypox Is NOT a Sexually-Transmitted Infection'

By Mike Miller
Aug 23, 2022

Let’s just cut to the chase. Embattled CNN — AKA: The Most Trusted Name in News™ — can fire all the liberal lapdogs like Brian Stelter it wants but as long as it keeps running unadulterated crap like this, it will remain in the ratings toilet until it ultimately gasps for its last miserable politically correct breath.

Now, the rest of the predictable story.

During a segment on monkeypox on Monday’s New Day, CNN national correspondent Dianne Gallagher argued, despite tons of facts and scientific evidence to the contrary, that “monkeypox is NOT a sexually-transmitted infection.” No, really — read on.

Host John Berman, who always looks like a deer in the headlights, kicked off the monkeypox festivities:

This morning, new action to try to slow the rising case count of monkeypox. Over the weekend, the White House began its pilot program, sending 50,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine to LGBTQ events nationwide. Dianne Gallagher is in Charlotte, North Carolina, this morning, which held Pride events throughout the weekend. What did you see there, Dianne?

Gallagher’s response started off factually…

Hey, you know, John, the Pride festival ended this morning here in Charlotte, but it is only the beginning of the Biden administration’s efforts to accelerate the monkeypox vaccine and the federal response to the outbreak. […]

The North Carolina city’ Pride festival is the launch site of a Biden pilot program to send 50,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine to LGBTQ-centered events, like Pride, around the country.

…before quickly collapsing in a pile of politically correct, science-ignoring, narrative-driven crap:

[M]en who have sex with men, and transgender people, do make up the majority of monkeypox cases right now, which is why they’re being prioritized with the limited vaccine supply.

However, monkeypox is not a sexually-transmitted infection, and any person can get it from prolonged, close, typically skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, so if the Biden administration wants its outreach to be a success, celebrating, while educating, without discriminating, is the only way to approach it.

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Source:  https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/08/23/politically-correct-cnn-ignores-science-declares-monkeypox-is-not-a-sexually-transmitted-infection-n616250

[catfish1957]

Seltzer's looking for a job.  Maybe he can be a test subject to test this hypothesis.

[Sighlass]

It is a sexually transmitted disease, but yeah, I guess it might also be transmitted by the same freaks to others if you touch open sores and wipe your eyes or something. I know I don't care to be shaking hands with someone that is infected.

[Kamaji]

Monkeypox is as much a sexually transmitted disease as is AIDS/HIV.  The fact that one can also contract AIDS/HIV through exposure to the blood of an infected person (e.g., through an open wound or through a transfusion), does not negate the fact that AIDS/HIV is a sexually transmitted disease.

[PeteS in CA]

Word games. Monkeypox is transmitted by contact, including but not solely by sexual contact. CNN is trying to divert attention from the fact that the current outbreak is largely among sexually promiscuous gays, plus some people who have non-sexual social or work interaction with infected gays.

[Wingnut]

It is not called "Schlong Covid" for nuttin...  Oh wait, yes they do.