San Francisco is 'veering towards a public health mess' on monkeypox, lawmaker says
Posted on AllSides July 13th, 2022
From The Left
A Bay Area lawmaker is warning that San Francisco is "veering toward a public health mess" over monkeypox, citing a Wednesday announcement from the San Francisco Department of Public Health that said the agency is running low on monkeypox vaccines and will shutter its clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital until more supply arrives.
State Rep. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said the timing of the vaccine shortage is especially troubling given the disease's growing prevalence in the area.
"This exhaustion of existing vaccine supply is happening exactly as San Francisco and...