[Edit: Also, FWIW, I am queer and didn’t have a problem with the wording at first, however on rereading I do think the first few lines need reworking. The summary sentence (MP is not worth worrying about) does hold true for EAs, but the positioning of the next sentence (it is mostly in the gay community) implies that is why MP is not worth worrying about. That is not why though. If Covid were limited to the gay community at first (or even ever), it would still be worth working on and worrying about. Regardless of whether or not MP is in the gay community, I think your thesis is that it is not worth worrying about EA’s because the transmission is pretty difficult and the risks of acquiring the infection are not so great. Therefore the harm you expect from MP is not very large compared to other things EAs could “worry about.”]
A reasonably affordable intervention I haven’t heard yet is disseminating actionable information to at-risk people:
1. Locality and Community-Based: Step 1: Pick a high density area and find out where and how people can get a monkeypox vaccine in that area. Step 2: Design well-formatted info and send to relevant people: -Contact sex workers and inform them where they can get a free vaccine. (contact info is on escort directory websites) -Contact swinger, sex, and kink clubs and email them a poster they can print and hang, or a graphic they can post on their social medias, that advises where to get monkeypox vaccines in their area. Also advice on how to deal with sheets and such to minimize risk of spread during play -Same for gay clubs and hangouts, but probably more subtle as people don’t have sex there Step 3: Repeat for other cities
2. Web-Based: Use advertisments on relevant apps (like Grinder, FetLife, Tinder)
I think both of these could like, employ a couple people fulltime for a month or 3 but not longer. Very cheap interventions. If you advertise well (like, make taking action seem a perk, eg, “you can tell your partners that you are vaccinated”, “you can add it to your profile as a tag or show a photo of your vaccine papers and people will be impressed (we swear lol)”) it could have success
[Edit: Also, FWIW, I am queer and didn’t have a problem with the wording at first, however on rereading I do think the first few lines need reworking. The summary sentence (MP is not worth worrying about) does hold true for EAs, but the positioning of the next sentence (it is mostly in the gay community) implies that is why MP is not worth worrying about. That is not why though. If Covid were limited to the gay community at first (or even ever), it would still be worth working on and worrying about. Regardless of whether or not MP is in the gay community, I think your thesis is that it is not worth worrying about EA’s because the transmission is pretty difficult and the risks of acquiring the infection are not so great. Therefore the harm you expect from MP is not very large compared to other things EAs could “worry about.”]
A reasonably affordable intervention I haven’t heard yet is disseminating actionable information to at-risk people:
1. Locality and Community-Based:
Step 1: Pick a high density area and find out where and how people can get a monkeypox vaccine in that area.
Step 2: Design well-formatted info and send to relevant people:
-Contact sex workers and inform them where they can get a free vaccine. (contact info is on escort directory websites)
-Contact swinger, sex, and kink clubs and email them a poster they can print and hang, or a graphic they can post on their social medias, that advises where to get monkeypox vaccines in their area. Also advice on how to deal with sheets and such to minimize risk of spread during play
-Same for gay clubs and hangouts, but probably more subtle as people don’t have sex there
Step 3: Repeat for other cities
2. Web-Based:
Use advertisments on relevant apps (like Grinder, FetLife, Tinder)
I think both of these could like, employ a couple people fulltime for a month or 3 but not longer. Very cheap interventions. If you advertise well (like, make taking action seem a perk, eg, “you can tell your partners that you are vaccinated”, “you can add it to your profile as a tag or show a photo of your vaccine papers and people will be impressed (we swear lol)”) it could have success