Jonathan Van Ness Puts Biden Admin. on Blast Over Monkeypox Response
Jonathan Van Ness has slammed the U.S. government's response to monkeypox (MPV), saying that it is “fueled by homophobia and transphobia.”In the essay published on Monday in Time, Van Ness breaks down the moment the first case of MPV was confirmed in the U.S.
to now. “When an outbreak affects mainly men who have sex with men, some portion of our elected legislators will have no incentive to act,” the nonbinary Queer Eye star wrote.The first case of MPV was identified in the U.S.
on May 18. Since then, the CDC reported 11,890 confirmed cases.As cases began to rise in June, primarily spreading among queer men, Van Ness believed the government's negligence caused cases to increase exponentially.“The U.S.
has an inadequate supply of vaccines, and this shortage could have been prevented. If our government doesn’t prioritize more robust vaccine access, the outbreak is going to become an even greater problem,” the 35-year-old wrote.
