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Horrifying story of SF man who had so much trouble with medical help: From sfchronicle.com:Two days after Kevin Kwong flew home to California from New York, his hands itched so badly, the pain jolted him from sleep. He thought the problem was eczema. “Everything started rapidly getting worse,” the Emeryville resident said. “I started to get more spots, on my face, more redness and they started leaking fluid. The rash expanded to my elbows and my hands and my ankles.” It took Kwong, 33, six virtual appointments with doctors and nurses, one call to a nurse hotline, a trip to an urgent care clinic, two emergency room visits, and two incorrect diagnoses before an infectious disease specialist diagnosed him with monkeypox in early July. Despite taking two tests, he never tested positive. More: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/emeryville-man-monkeypox-diagnosis-17355303.php

I could find it in a history book too. Is it the idea of having this info posted that we have to work to find major events? New Jersey's record rainfall is important, but not the first nuke ever dropped on people?

From today's LA Times: By Jessica RoyAssistant Editor, Utility Journalism Aug. 5, 2022 2:21 PM PT Los Angeles County’s monkeypox vaccination effort will focus for now on getting first shots into arms. To be fully vaccinated against monkeypox, people need to get two doses of the Jynneos vaccine four weeks apart. Ward Carpenter, director of health services for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, said Friday that he received new guidance from the L.A. County Department of Public Health advising that giving out first doses should be prioritized over administering the second shot. On its website with guidance for healthcare professionals, the department said it “asks that all providers prioritize administering first doses of JYNNEOS vaccine to eligible immunocompetent persons to protect as many at-risk people as possible. Second dose appointments should be deferred until more doses of JYNNEOS become available.” A spokesperson confirmed the new vaccine prioritization via email. “The county is officially changing the strategy to deferring second doses. This is a big change,” Carpenter said. It will help get more people partial protection against monkeypox, but at the same time, “it’s going to create a lot of anguish and concern among people who need their second dose.” “There is good science” to back that change, he said, and “we are in support of that recommendation, but what that means is the question will be on everyone’s mind: How protected am I with the first dose?” And the answer to that question is: No one knows right now. The vaccine currently being given for monkeypox is actually a smallpox vaccine (both diseases are caused by orthopoxviruses). Data show the vaccine is safe in humans and effective in animals and in test tubes. But it hasn’t been tested on humans under these circumstances before. Sex, ‘casual contact,’ pimples: A California monkeypox guide, separating fact and fiction Aug. 5, 2022 “We just don’t have good data on vaccine effectiveness, especially as it relates to sexual transmission,” said Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a member of the World Health Organization’s emergency committee on monkeypox. “That’s not to say it won’t work. We just don’t have enough data to make definitive statements.” The health department reopened its list of pre-registration slots for monkeypox vaccination appointments on Friday afternoon. If you are eligible and there are still appointments available, you can click this link to sign up: https://lacpublichealth.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aY96Sxs2lUgUZb8. The list closes when no more spots are available. The county has a newsletter that will send you an email when more spots have opened. You can sign up for that at the top of the page here: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/monkeypox. You must be 18 years or older and meet at least one of the following criteria to be eligible: You are a gay or bisexual man or a transgender person who has had multiple sex partners in the last 14 days, including (but not limited to) having sex in exchange for food, shelter or other goods or needs. You are on HIV PrEP medication. You’ve had anonymous sex or sex with multiple people within the last 21 days at a commercial sex venue or other venue. You’ve had high or intermediate exposure to monkeypox (the CDC has a list of what qualifies as exposure at those levels). You’ve attended an event or venue where there was a high risk of exposure via skin-to-skin or sexual contact with people with monkeypox. You are experiencing homelessness and engaging in high-risk behaviors. You are a gay or bisexual man or a transgender person who’s had gonorrhea or early syphilis in the last 12 months. You are in jail and have been identified as high-risk by clinical staff. You are severely immunocompromised — for instance, if you are undergoing chemotherapy, are on high-dose steroids or other immunosuppressants, or have advanced or uncontrolled HIV. Right now, Carpenter said, your best bet for getting a monkeypox vaccine is to sign up for the county’s alert newsletter and check the pre-registration link frequently for availability.

Still no mention of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. William Kemmler must be more important than 80,000 Japanese.

Nothing mentioned about that atomic bomb back in 1945. "On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. " history.com

Did you gasp and sob, or just gasp and clap? 😄

Naturally I wish there were more vaccines available, and yes, I do fault the Biden administration for not being on top of this. But what about testing? There is a test to determine if one has monkeypox? Where do you get it? It seems to be a big secret in this area. Also, I am confused by what has been written here about those of us who had the smallpox vaccine. Does it or does it not give some immunity to monkeypox? With all respect for @SirBillybob, could someone answer me in plain English?

Air conditioning in Madrid public places cannot be set under 80 degrees to save energy, but it might make for a warm time.

No argument here.

What about the surgery causes a person to drink excessively?

Aha!

@RadioRob It's August! I want this post to be "read only!" 😃

Happy Birthday, @Cooper!

Tony Dow's demise was met with an outpouring of love across the country. Not messy at all. RIP Tony Dow.

One can only imagine the strides that have been reached in manscaping. New tools and new faces make it more exciting than it was when we last posted about it a year or two ago. What will they come up with next?

Can't be too hard on the NY Times here. The story was all over the media, so they were not alone in being misled. I think it adds some sadness to the Tony Dow story that his last days become known for the mistake rather than the man. But, we'll see.

CORRECTION! Reports are that Tony Dow is not, in fact, dead: From wire services: Actor, director and artist Tony Dow, who is well known for playing Wally Cleaver on the 1950s sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” is near death but remains alive and breathing, his wife Lauren Dow told CBS on Tuesday. The actor’s managers erroneously reported his death Tuesday morning on Facebook. The post was later removed, and Lauren Dow confirmed that her husband remains in hospice care. Dow’s son Christopher told Fox News Digital that the actor is under hospice care and “in his last hours.” Dow, 77, has been suffering from cancer. Actors Tony Dow , left, who played Wally Cleaver and Jerry Mathers, who played Beaver Cleaver in “Leave It to Beaver,” attend A Mother’s Day Salute to TV Moms at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on May 6, 2008, in North Hollywood. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) CORRECTION: This article originally reported that Tony Dow had died on Tuesday. It was based on wire reports of a Facebook post from Dow’s managers that was later removed after Dow’s wife told CBS that the actor is ill but remains alive.

Check out those Red Sox! LOL

Every episode of Leave It To Beaver that I watched as a boy should have told me that I was gay! I really liked Wally Cleaver and watched every show. But back then it wasn't to be...gays just didn't yet exist in my universe. I feel with Dow's death that part of my youth is gone, as if it wasn't already.

My favorite actor of my youth, Tony Dow, has died. He had recently disclosed that he had cancer. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/arts/television/tony-dow-dead.html

If someone is being paid some $300 an hour, usually in cash, I would be astonished if they expected a tip as well.

The End Times seem to be nearing.

When will the new LGBT News Forum be activated?

My favorite photo of this Clark Kent: