WHY SEX WORKERS NEED ACCESS TO THE MONKEYPOX
VACCINE NOW

#GIVEUSASHOT

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Sex workers, regardless of gender, are at heightened risk of Monkeypox transmission due to the close contact nature of their work. The economic dimension of sex work makes some risk reduction strategies,
like isolation, untenable

Over 23,000 cases of Monkeypox have been confirmed globally, and cases continue to rise

Public health officials almost sole focus on gay male communities is being used to distract from the failures of their leadership in a global pandemic

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Global leadership has the ability to provide adequate vaccination to prevent the further spread of the virus, but continues to fail to provide the resources necessary to do so

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Our communities will not be blamed for the failure of public health leadership to adequately protect us from a preventable disease

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Testing, vaccination, and treatment remain largely inaccessible globally

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The US has approximately 15.2 doses of raw vaccine, which needs to be made into usable vaccine doses, AND YET, despite urging from state governments for more dosing, the US government has only made available less than 10% (1.1 million) of its vaccine stockpile