NJ is no longer considering gender or sexual identity a factor in a person’s eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine. Now, the vaccine is available to “people who had multiple sexual partners in the past 14 days in areas where monkeypox has been reported.”
not currently considered a sexually transmitted disease by the classic definition
Until last week, New Jersey advisories specified that the vaccine would be made available through the state-designated community sites to “individuals that identify as gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men, and/or transgender, gender nonconforming, or nonbinary and who have a history of multiple or anonymous sex partners within the past 14 days.”
New Jersey also makes the vaccine available through the community sites to anyone who attended an event over the last 14 days where a known exposure occurred, even if that individual didn’t personally have a known exposure. That qualifier for eligibility was never tied to sexual or gender identity. Christian Fuscarino, executive director of Garden State Equality, said he understands broadening eligibility, especially
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