Newsom declares monkeypox 'State of Emergency': Vaccine clinic at SF General reopens

Hundreds lined up in the early morning hours in San Francisco waiting hours for the limited doses of monkeypox vaccine. The first patients looking for monkeypox vaccine began lining up before dawn on Monday, hoping for one of the limited doses. By late afternoon, California's Governor Gavin Newsom declared the disease a state of emergency in response to the outbreak.

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[aka]

Maybe this is a sign certain groups shouldn't just sleep around with random people, so if you get infected, too bad.

[RGAMBLER]

oh no! Pride🌈Pox declared the *MIDTERM VARIANT!* 😱

[seep]

Funny that it's called monkey 🐒 pox🤗 ... Wait did he just say they get the short end of the"stick" 😆 you just can't make this stuff up!

[MrPixar-yd]

One way of legally withdrawing the state funds 🙃

[PuffDiddy]

Newsom might get it. He swings both way.

[hurtty]

Multiple partners last few days? Slow down bareback mountain 👅🌈🌈🌈

[ALLINCHRIST]

Accept Jesus Christ & Repent before it's too late. For the Kingdom of God is at hand. Our time is short. Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to Heaven. Without Jesus Christ expect hell🔥You've been warned! John 3:3

[thescrolls]

Maybe Pelosi should’ve been focused on this instead of Taiwan…

[davinxi]

This is coming from Africa or Latinx country?

[abdulheisenberg]

Collecting vaccines like stickers lmao

[Ken-jwxk]

That community can never catch a break

[Andrewxjolly]

They arn't responding because once was planned.

[RobustArid]

I not going out during this monkey pandemic and recession… i not G