A global health emergency has made its way to Indiana. Since May 2022, monkeypox has been spreading around the world.
INDIANA — A global health emergency has made its way to Indiana. Since May 2022, Monkeypox has been spreading around the world. More than 20,000 cases have been reported in 78 countries according to the World Health Organization. The U.S. is sitting at 5,189 cases as this article was published.
"You have to be a part of protecting the community because right now we're not getting a lot of help outside our community," Adam Goble, a local LBGTQ+ entertainer and advocate, said. He tells WRTV, he has not been impressed with the steps taken by officials, so far, to stop the spread of Monkeypox. "What I don't want to see for our community is the 1980s HIV all over again where it wasn't talked about. It was known it out there, but there was no pressure to do anything about it because it was just the gays," he said.