Current evidence indicates you're a much more likely candidate for a carrier than a married, retired, straight male. My best advice is for you to "Just say 'NO!' to Monkey Pox!"
Same goes for anyone with frequent sexual partners.
As monkeypox is often caught through direct contact, once it's introduced to a community, it is more likely to spread through that community among those who are in close contact with each other - for example, within a household or among sexual partners.
Dr Prochazka says it's not clear why there is a higher proportion of cases among gay men.
He says: "It just happens that the infection appears to have been introduced in networks of gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men. And this is where we're seeing most of the cases."[/i]