Two months after the first monkeypox case was confirmed in Georgia, the state has emerged as a hotspot for the disease, with the fifth-highest number of infections in the nation.
But a shortage in the number of vaccines available has led those most affected in the current outbreak — gay and bisexual men — to go on a frantic and often fruitless search for the shot. That combined with a lack of information about and availability of testing and treatment has brought up painful memories for a community scarred by past public health failures.
Gay Atlanta resident Ralph Mays started checking with local county health departments, health clinics and nonprofits for a monkeypox vaccine several weeks ago.
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