Demand for the monkeypox vaccine continues to be greater than supply across metro Atlanta. Georgia is among the states with the most cases.
But several doctors across the metro tell WABE those numbers are likely much higher.
That has to do with confusion over where to get tested in the first place. There’s no blood test that will diagnose Monkeypox early on. It’s diagnosed with a PCR test, done by swabbing an already-present lesion and sending it off for labwork.
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