Opinion | 5 Ways to Improve Our National Response to Monkeypox
politico.comPeople protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. | Jeenah Moon/Getty Images Opinion by Kody H.
Kinsley 08/25/2022 11:26 AM EDT Link CopiedKody H. Kinsley is the North Carolina Secretary for Health & Human Services. In addition to his state and local government service, he worked at The White House, U.S.
HHS and the U.S. Treasury.As a state health secretary and a gay man watching the national response to the monkeypox outbreak, I’m upset.The recent spread of monkeypox in the United States has been understandably met by a public tired of new and deadly viruses after three years of the pandemic.
Some want to throw up their hands and ignore the problem while others have turned to fear tactics and homophobia that our communities have struggled to move past.
