{"id":2771,"date":"2022-08-05T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2023-06-02T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T01:15:26","slug":"monkeypox-adds-to-concerns-but-not-a-showstopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/monkeypox-adds-to-concerns-but-not-a-showstopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeypox adds to concerns but not a showstopper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Worthington Moore<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NABJ Monitor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As conference goers make their way to Las Vegas for the first in-person convention in three years, health concerns are at the top of everyone\u2019s list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Monkeypox in Vegas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tZRg-ASBvTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to COVID-19, the growing trend of monkeypox has some attendees like Angel Idowu worried. The Biden administration declared the virus a public health emergency Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m nervous about getting it during the convention to be honest,\u201d said Idowu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monkeypox vaccines are in high demand by the general public. Rafael Carranza, an NAHJ mentor, made it a priority to get his shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got the vaccine because I fall into one of the high risk categories as determined by public health authorities,\u201d said Carranza. \u201cAs soon as I had that opportunity in my city I jumped on [it]\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the high risk groups include gay or bisexual men who are having intimate interactions with others according to former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRight now, we know that the majority of cases of monkey pox, over 95%, are being spread in men who have sex with men. We don&#8217;t know if this is due to direct transmission via sexual route,\u201d said Adams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the bottom line for health officials like Adams is for attendees to be cautious and aware of the disease but not fearful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want people to be aware, but not overly panicked about this current outbreak,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those attending the NABJ-NAHJ conference like Carranza, that\u2019s great news to hear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NAHJ conferences have always been a great opportunity to see people that you work with that you[\u2018ve] known for a long time and to be able to spend time with them,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fact that it&#8217;s a joint conference with NABJ makes it even more exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Worthington Moore NABJ Monitor As conference goers make their way to Las Vegas for the first in-person convention in three years, health concerns are at the top of everyone\u2019s list.&nbsp; In addition to COVID-19, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/monkeypox-adds-to-concerns-but-not-a-showstopper\/\" title=\"Monkeypox adds to concerns but not a showstopper\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,396,363],"tags":[380,368,381],"class_list":{"0":"post-2771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archives","8":"category-nabj-22","9":"category-nabjnahj22","10":"tag-monkey-pox","11":"tag-nabjnahj22","12":"tag-worthington-moore"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}