The US Health Authority has given advice to prevent you from contracting monkeypox during the act
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established guidelines for: “safe sex” amid the spread of the monkeypox virus, urging romantic partners to take steps to reduce exposure to the rare disease.
Released Friday and titled “Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, and Monkeypox,” the CDC document advises partners to watch out for “any new or unexplained rash or lesion” on different parts of the body, a clear symptom of the monkeypox virus.
While the agency said the monkeypox vaccination would offer protection, it added that the currently limited supply of doses could mean some cannot access a vaccination.
Short of a shot, the CDC suggested individuals avoid “anonymous sexual contact” et “private and public sex parties”, suggest instead “virtual sex without personal contact.” Alternatively, relatives can also “masturbate together from a distance without touching each other and without touching a rash”, or “Consider having sex with [their] clothes,” the document continued.
More than 6,000 monkeypox infections have been confirmed in the United States since May, a disproportionate number among gay men. While it’s unclear whether the virus is spread primarily through sex itself or simply through the many contacts involved in having sex, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said said last month that men “With multiple sexual encounters” Same-sex partners are particularly at risk.
The White House on Thursday followed the WHO’s lead in declaring monkeypox a public health emergency, with US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for “Every American should take monkeypox seriously.”
Although rare, the virus has already been discovered in the United States, with a Texas resident hospitalized with monkeypox last summer after traveling to West Africa, where the pathogen is endemic. More than 70 cases were confirmed in the United States in 2003, the first outbreak outside Africa, according to the WHO.
Symptoms include fever, headaches and muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion, as well as rashes, sores and skin lesions. Most infections clear without serious illness, but the virus is fatal in a small percentage of cases.
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