One might think that following several years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government would be in fighting form when it comes to addressing a new public health threat. But here we are with another infectious disease outbreak on our hands and here are federal health agencies bungling the early response all over again.
In this case, we've got monkeypox spreading rapidly throughout the U.S.—cases have now been reported in every state but Wyoming and Montana—and, thankfully, a vaccine already in existence. However, federal authorities have been slow to ready the monkeypox vaccine for distribution—and even allowed a bunch of America's vaccine supply to be shipped to European countries.
