Monkeypox Debate Goes Off the Rails

FOX BUSINESS NED RYUN | AMERICAN MAJORITY CEO CDC: U.S. LEADS GLOBALLY IN KNOWN MONKEYPOX CASES COMING UP: MIKE CHASE MONKEYPOX SPREAD WH SLAMMED FOR SLOW RESPONSE TO VIRUS Kennedy

A Fox Business split-screen news segment shows several commentators discussing monkeypox. One guest blames gay orgies and argues against treating the outbreak as a national pandemic, while another pushes back that monkeypox is not exclusively a gay disease and calls for a serious conversation. The joke comes from the increasingly heated, awkward debate and the guest’s blatantly bigoted framing. EN: A Fox Business split-screen news segment shows several commentators discussing monkeypox. One guest blames gay orgies and argues against treating the outbreak as a national pandemic, while another pushes back that monkeypox is not exclusively a gay disease and calls for a serious conversation. The joke comes from the increasingly heated, awkward debate and the guest’s blatantly bigoted framing.

As for monkeypox, I think there's a pretty good rule in life. Don't attend Gay Orgies. When you look at the New England Journal's report of the five hundred and four hundred and four hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and nine. Ned, come on, man. It's not about gay. Absolutely. Go look at the New England Journal's report that NBC News reported on Friday in which of the five hundred and twenty-eight cases they reviewed, ninety-five percent were between sex between men. I think we actually have to have a serious conversation about where this is coming from. When I'm done, Brad, you can talk. Instead of going crazy and declaring a national pandemic when 3,000 people have it right now, it's insane. I don't know, man. You don't have to be gay to get monkeypox and you don't have to be bigoted when you talk about treating something that is...

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