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In Paris, the new vaccination center dedicated to the disease is overwhelmed by the request for appointments. The candidates become impatient, in a hurry to be able to find a serene sexuality and move away from the “psychosis” which accompanies the pathology.
“Right or left ?” asks the nurse, syringe in hand. James rolls up the sleeve of his T-shirt, and the needle digs into the heart-shaped chest tattooed on his shoulder, soon to be crossed out with a white bandage. The 29-year-old Parisian was seeking a monkeypox vaccination even before the government widened pre-exposure vaccination to men who have sex with men as well as sex workers on July 8 . But impossible to find a slot before Monday. On the other side of the cabinet door, in a corridor of the Edison health center, about twenty people are also waiting for their dose of vaccine.
When Public Health France (SPF) published its latest count on Tuesday, listing 1,837 confirmed cases, including 55% in Ile-de-France, the city of Paris installed its first vaccinodrome against “monkeypox” in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Appointments are crowded. Whether the lack of staff and the vagueness of the number of doses available in France slow down the opening of new slots, the situation seems to be going in the right direction. The city expects 1,400 vaccinations this week. “And we plan to increase to 2,500 from next week, with the opening of a…