You’re in a scary state of denial.
So was I at first. I thought “the numbers in nyc are so low it’s like the lottery—what are the chances?”
Then a sex buddy of mine texted me a few days later that he was very sick and he was pretty sure it was monkeypox and he was worried if I was sick. I assured him I felt fine but we had had sex only a week or so before. I called some colleagues and my friend went to a clinic and the diagnosis was confirmed. He was in a lot of pain. Not a pretty picture. Rash on his back, arms and neck. The numbers are low because they can’t do many tests per day so they just tell presumptive cases to go home and isolate.
I’ve seen my friend on Grindr since, hooking up. So much for isolating.
Since then two other friends have come down with it.
It scared me so much I went to Canada to get the vaccine. NYC has been a disaster and after the very near miss I had with the pox I wasn’t going to wait for NYC to sort it out.
Don’t be in denial please.