As of the 11th, confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States surged from one to more than 760 in less than two months, spread across nearly 40 states.
Clinics across the country struggle to meet demand for monkeypox vaccinations.
The Capitol Hill Daily criticized the government's response to the monkeypox outbreak as "stumbled".
Some public health experts and confirmed patients believe that the U.S. government's inadequate response to the monkeypox outbreak is repeating the mistakes it made during the new crown epidemic.
Officially reported cases of monkeypox in the U.S. must be "underestimated" because many people do not know they have the infection or have not been tested, according to the Capitol Hill Daily.
Unlike the new coronavirus, the monkeypox virus is not a new virus, it is not as infectious as the new coronavirus, and it is mainly transmitted through close skin-to-skin contact.
Although the number of people infected with monkeypox in the United States is not high at this stage, some people worry that the epidemic may expand or even get out of control.
Epidemiologist Jay Varma worries that monkeypox will "take root" in the United States.
He said in a recent interview that monkeypox "will remain permanently in our country's disease landscape" if it is not tackled first.
New York Mayor Eric Adams wrote to President Joseph Biden on the 11th, saying that the monkeypox vaccine is in short supply and asking the White House to extend the interval between two doses of the "Guinios" monkeypox vaccine so that more people can immediately Get the first dose of the vaccine.
New York City announced the availability of the monkeypox vaccine late last month, but the vaccine was "out of stock" within hours.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced on the 11th that an additional 1,250 doses of monkeypox vaccine will be supplied.
Wen Linyan, a professor of health policy and management studies at George Washington University, said that the situation in the United States' response to the monkeypox epidemic gave her a "déjà vu", the most obvious feeling being the same "insufficient testing" as the United States' response to the new crown, "why we haven't learned our lessons. "?
A former Biden administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The New York Times last week that monkeypox testing is not as efficient and convenient as it should be.
NBC News reported last week that multiple monkeypox-infected people tried to report close contacts to public health officials and get tested, but the communication was unpleasant.
A New York man said he waited nearly a week to get tested.
The World Health Organization said that in the past, monkeypox cases were mostly in West and Central Africa, but now dozens of non-endemic countries have reported confirmed and suspected cases, and many cases have no travel history to monkeypox-endemic areas, which is not normal. .
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.
The initial symptoms of monkeypox infection in humans include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, which can later develop into a widespread rash on the face and body.
Most patients recover within a few weeks, and some are seriously ill.