public health officials here in new york city have said
that now they will be focusing on getting the multipl
vaccine to those people who have not received the first
dose. And of course this puts into question if this is
going to put at risk, those who have already received
the first dose complete chaos. That's what new Yorkers
are calling the process to get monkey pox vaccines in
the city. When I went to go get the shot, they said to
me, well we're not really, we're not scheduling sh
for the second dose because we don't know if we're
gonna get them. Albert lutin a new york media executive
is one of a handful to get the first shot and like
others is uncertain. He will get the second one that
doesn't mean we don't agree that a two shot doses ideal.
But we are in an environment of increasing ca
extreme demand, an extremely constrained supply. We do
believe one shot does confer significant protection i
not as much as two shots. New york's health
commissioner working quickly, Contradicting advice from
the FADA and CDC where the vaccine is meant to be given
in two doses with the second Jab administered 28 days
after the first to be fully effective. The process wa
a nightmare. All appointments gun. Within seven minutes,
there were constant glitches and then when the vaccines
became available, you had to go on as if you were
looking for concert tickets. Community based
organizations are extremely concerned calling the
vaccine distribution inequitabl very small amount of
vaccines hardly enough to ensure immunity even for the
L.G.B.T.Q. Community alone, Anthony Fortenberry, Chief
nursing officer at Callen Lorde, an organization
focused on L.G.B.T.Q Plus Healthcare says health
officials should immediately create a stronger plan.
The majority of cases are among men who identified as
gay, bisexual or men who have sex with other men as
it's been said many times. You know, monkeypox is we
call MPV does not discriminate against anyone. Wh
you think it will happen if public health officials do
not target did not contain stop this outbreak quic
and effective. We are seeing significant scarring um
from these lesions. We are seeing uh income and housing
risk for people that are unable to work um during these
2 to 4 weeks of isolation for um very says comm
of color and minorities face the highest risk, sadly I
don't think that our public health infrastructure ha
um prepared us for this next outbreak despite havi
been aware of those disparities, I think the bigges
thing that we're probably missing is an under reporting
um within other communities station Usher director of
Communities of Color and Media at Glad, the world's
largest L.G.B.T.Q. Plus media advocacy organization
agrees. He says education should be part of the
national community outreach, bu it is also thinking
about like we know that there are confirmed cases of
people who have monkeypox that are not within like the
LGBT community. Um and so I think it's important to
just understand that, like, yes, like the highest rates
are happening over here, um, in this particular
community, but it also can happen in any community. New
york. Governor Kathy Hoco says she expects the state
will get a major increase in monkey pox vaccines later
this week. NEW YORK Governor Kathy Hoco says that the
state will receive at least 33,000 new doses of the
vaccine later this week. As of right now, the state of
New York leads the nation, with the most cases, the
majority here in New York City.