On a Monday morning in mid-July, William L. Jeffries IV decided it was time to call a colleague for help. Jeffries is a senior health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where he researches the ways that racism and homophobia impact health in the United States. Jeffries, who describes himself as a same-gender-loving Black man, sees the work as a way to serve his people and, by extension, God.
This call, however, was a personal one. He was sitting on his bed in pain, and he was angry.
Was he angry at his own poor life choices or because the world didn’t immediately act in appeasement to his life choices?
Jeffries was angry for the hundreds of people, mainly gay and bisexual men, who were infected with monkeypox. He was angry that the burden was falling particularly hard on Black and Latino communities. He was angry that the federal government had been saying for eight weeks that it had the tools necessary to deal with the growing outbreak yet people were still struggling to find care.
Sooo not at his own reckless behavior? I’m shocked
New movie idea, take the female self obsession over zits and makeup before prom and transfer it to gays mad they got facial and monkeypox right before prom and spend the entire movie trying to cover it up before the big night with their date. The joke reveal at the end is the date has monkeypox from the same orgy and was trying the same thing!
This article is insufferable to read. The government failed, the government needs to do better, no where is there a shred of personal accountability. Clearly it is racism and whitey to blame.
"I myself am a trained disease detective." Maybe you should have used your detective kit on the asses first...
Was he angry at his own poor life choices or because the world didn’t immediately act in appeasement to his life choices?
Sooo not at his own reckless behavior? I’m shocked
He was angry he might have to miss an orgy that night without getting treatment to hide the monkeypox.
New movie idea, take the female self obsession over zits and makeup before prom and transfer it to gays mad they got facial and monkeypox right before prom and spend the entire movie trying to cover it up before the big night with their date. The joke reveal at the end is the date has monkeypox from the same orgy and was trying the same thing!
Nice passive voice there. It should be "who infected each other with monkeypox."
This article is insufferable to read. The government failed, the government needs to do better, no where is there a shred of personal accountability. Clearly it is racism and whitey to blame.
"I myself am a trained disease detective." Maybe you should have used your detective kit on the asses first...
Yep a nigger faggot
Tragic. If only he took two weeks to slow the spread.