SF Mayor London Breed Declares Public Health Emergency Starting Aug. 1 Over Monkeypox

Reporter It s something ░░░░░░░░ officials today Monkeypox is ░░░░░░░░ and should be taken ░░░░░░░░ ABC 7 news Reporter ░░░░░░░░ Johns has been tracking ░░░░░░░░ monkeypox response for weeks ░░░░░░░░ 2 He has and ░░░░░░░░ is live now in ░░░░░░░░ newsroom with the latest ░░░░░░░░ this Tim JOHNS Yeah ░░░░░░░░ and Alma city leaders ░░░░░░░░ public health officials held ░░░░░░░░ news conference earlier today ░░░░░░░░ San Francisco City Hall ░░░░░░░░ make that emergency declaration ░░░░░░░░ it means city leaders ░░░░░░░░ be able to cut ░░░░░░░░ a lot of the ░░░░░░░░ tape more quickly and ░░░░░░░░ efficiently to get things ░░░░░░░░ There s been a ░░░░░░░░ of frustration aimed at ░░░░░░░░ Biden Administration over what ░░░░░░░░ perceive as a failure ░░░░░░░░ take this issue more ░░░░░░░░ and provide more help ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts BREED If ░░░░░░░░ was any other community ░░░░░░░░ was disproportionately impacted by ░░░░░░░░ the way the gay ░░░░░░░░ has been impacted this ░░░░░░░░ country would be up ░░░░░░░░ arms JOHNS voice over ░░░░░░░░ Francisco mayor London Breed ░░░░░░░░ an impassioned news conference ░░░░░░░░ City Hall Thursday The ░░░░░░░░ declaring a state of ░░░░░░░░ in the city over ░░░░░░░░ spread of monkeypox BREED ░░░░░░░░ by sounding the alarm ░░░░░░░░ we re saying is ░░░░░░░░ is not going to ░░░░░░░░ ignored that this is ░░░░░░░░ public health crisis According ░░░░░░░░ the San Francisco Department ░░░░░░░░ Public Health the city ░░░░░░░░ has 281 cases with ░░░░░░░░ disproportionate number among men ░░░░░░░░ have sex with men ░░░░░░░░ number that s grown ░░░░░░░░ over the past several ░░░░░░░░ MANDELMAN I have talked ░░░░░░░░ too many doctors and ░░░░░░░░ many folks who have ░░░░░░░░ monkeypox who have described ░░░░░░░░ symptoms that are associated ░░░░░░░░ this the potentially lifelong ░░░░░░░░ that can come from ░░░░░░░░ People need to take ░░░░░░░░ seriously JOHNS voice over ░░░░░░░░ weeks demand for the ░░░░░░░░ vaccine has far outstripped ░░░░░░░░ People have been lining ░░░░░░░░ for hours only to ░░░░░░░░ told none were available ░░░░░░░░ of Thursday San Francisco ░░░░░░░░ received around 12 000 ░░░░░░░░ but health officials say ░░░░░░░░ 70 000 are actually ░░░░░░░░ Bishop It s wild ░░░░░░░░ look back and think ░░░░░░░░ we learn nothing We ░░░░░░░░ went through a pandemic ░░░░░░░░ everyone was like Oh ░░░░░░░░ god if a vaccine ░░░░░░░░ available to everyone we ░░░░░░░░ be in such a ░░░░░░░░ space And now this ░░░░░░░░ is happening this crisis ░░░░░░░░ happening JOHNS voice over ░░░░░░░░ Bishop got a vaccine ░░░░░░░░ few weeks ago by ░░░░░░░░ He wishes the federal ░░░░░░░░ s response to the ░░░░░░░░ outbreak would have been ░░░░░░░░ a view shared by ░░░░░░░░ in the LGBTQ community ░░░░░░░░ This is an infuriating ░░░░░░░░ for our community that ░░░░░░░░ being caused harm by ░░░░░░░░ lack of urgency in ░░░░░░░░ moment of crisis JOHNS ░░░░░░░░ over So while readers ░░░░░░░░ to avoid a catastrophe ░░░░░░░░ advocate groups say they ░░░░░░░░ here for the community ░░░░░░░░ a source of comfort ░░░░░░░░ information during increasingly uncertain ░░░░░░░░ TERMEER Each and every ░░░░░░░░ at San Francisco AIDS ░░░░░░░░ we have hundreds of ░░░░░░░░ calling our monkeypox hotline ░░░░░░░░ questions and concerns fear ░░░░░░░░ anxiety Clip ends JOHNS ░░░░░░░░ San Francisco s Board ░░░░░░░░ Supervisors is expected to ░░░░░░░░ the emergency declaration next ░░░░░░░░ ABC News also reports ░░░░░░░░ the Biden Administration is ░░░░░░░░ weighing an emergency declaration ░░░░░░░░ its own I m ░░░░░░░░ in the newsroom tonight ░░░░░░░░ Johns, ABC 7 News.”