The White House announced Thursday a plan to ramp up its monkeypox vaccine distribution program ahead of upcoming LGBT pride events as U.S. cases reach over 13,500.
Ahead of large-scale LGBT events in the coming weeks and months, local and state officials will be able to request and receive additional monkeypox vaccines, according to the White House.
White House Monkeypox Response Coordinator Bob Fenton said the additional doses are on top of existing vaccine allocations.
“HHS is launching a pilot program that will provide up to 50,000 doses from the national stockpile to be made available for Pride and other events that will have high attendance of gay and bisexual men,” Fenton said in a statement….