Massachusetts, Generally -- And Boston, Specifically -- Sees An Uptick In Mpox Cases: Thus, Free Vaccines, At Pride Events Throughout June 2026.

This is regrettable -- but clearly needed. We need public outreach and on-site vaccination trucks -- in Boston, Chicago, Houston, SF, LA and NYC among many other locales, this June. . . .

Public awareness campaigns, from private NGOs, and state level agencies -- are having to fill the gaps created by the Musk / DOGE / Tangerine 2.0 malfeasance and budget-cutting in federal public health resources.

Despite all of that, Pride Month is a particularly-apt moment, for these efforts, as the outbreaks rumble ever onward, through at-risk communities.

Here's that, out of local TV News, in Boston overnight:

. . .Mpox vaccinations will be available at the Pride flag-raising at [Boston's] City Hall on June 1 on the 3rd Floor Mezzanine from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Additional clinics will be hosted with city partners throughout the summer; dates will be available at boston.gov/vaccine as they are scheduled.

Mpox vaccinations are also currently available at Mass General Hospital, Boston Medical Center and Fenway Health. Recently, numerous pharmacies in Boston have also begun administering mpox vaccine. . . .

And again, perhaps as many as 32 of 33 current cases are. . . undiagnosed -- but circulating in secret, around the nation -- due in no small part to Trump's demonizing of the afflicted.

People are (reasonably) afraid to admit their viral status -- sometimes, even at private clinics. Damnation -- what a backwards time. [Not entirely unlike the early days of AIDS, under Ronnie Reagan -- 1980-85.]

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