LGBTQ group to protest federal monkeypox response

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This story first appeared on KRON4.com July 14, 2022:

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – At least one LGBTQ group is planning a demonstration outside the San Francisco office of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to demand the Biden administration “step up supply distribution of the monkeypox vaccine.”

The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club is planning the protest for noontime Monday at the San Francisco Federal Building at 90 7th Street.

The move comes after local elected officials, gay community leaders and public health advocates blasted the federal government for its response to the outbreak, of which there are 68 confirmed cases in San Francisco as of early Thursday.

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