As if we didn't have enough contagious viruses to worry about, monkeypox is now the latest unwelcome term to enter our daily lexicon.
Even before we learned about the first U.S. cases of the disease in May, the way the European outbreak was framed by the media and public health officials was eerily familiar.
Headlines and stories described monkeypox as something that primarily affected gay men — or men who have sex with men — due to the initial outbreak appearing largely in those communities in Europe and the U.S.
