Mondaire Jones, the Democratic Representative for New York’s 17th Congressional District, has helped raise awareness around the monkeypox vaccine. Jones, along with fellow Rep. Ritchie Torres (D), were the first out, gay, Black members of Congress when elected in 2021. The current monkeypox outbreak is disproportionately affecting gay and bisexual men. Authorities in New York have also previously announced that more white men are getting vaccinated against the virus than those from Black and Hispanic communities. On this backdrop, Jones, 35, filmed himself having his second monkeypox shot. In the caption, he said, “Monkeypox is hitting LGBTQ+ communities of color particularly hard.”
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