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(LifeSiteNews) — Well, will the wonders never cease: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has now taken the step of addressing the monkeypox “crisis” by suggesting that those likely to contract this disease — that is, men who have sex with men — “take a temporary break” from carnal activities and engage in a little social distancing to stop the spread.

As of late July, CDC data showed that 99% of U.S. monkeypox cases have been in men, with 94% of those with data provided to the CDC reporting “sexual or close intimate contact” with another man in the three weeks prior to symptoms starting. This is why Tucker Carlson has dubbed monkeypox “schlong Covid” — because it’s primarily passed on through sexual contact. As many commentators have been pointing out, two years of cancelled church services, funerals, and other essential events were just fine — but officials have been dragging their feet on actually naming the primary cause of monkeypox to avoid offending the LGBT community.

When officials have admitted the primary victims of monkeypox, they have used so much woke language that it is often difficult to discern what, exactly, they are saying. Consider this media interview with Dr. Tim Menza of the Oregon Health Authority, in which he explains that the situation is fluid:

What we’ve been trying to do as best as we can is stick with what we know. In the United States, we know that people assigned male at birth who have sex with men and people assigned female at birth, including at least one pregnant person, have been affected by hMPXV in Oregon. We know that cisgender men and nonbinary people are affected by hMPXV. While most identify as gay or queer and report close contact with people assigned male at birth, we have cases that also identify as straight and bisexual and report close contact with people assigned female at birth.

If you have no idea what he’s saying or who he’s talking about, you’re in good company.

Now, at least, officials are realizing that addressing the primary source of most monkeypox cases is probably a good idea (those contracting it would probably appreciate some straight talk, too). So the CDC has gone from saying too little to too much by proposing five ways of avoiding monkeypox in their “Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, and Monkeypox” site.

One is to “avoid sex” (a “temporary break,” they hasten to assure us). Another is to limit the number of sexual partners and spaces where there is “often anonymous sex with multiple partners” (that is to say, orgies). Both condoms and gloves during the intercourse you’re not supposed to be having are highly advised.

“Festivals, events, and concerts where attendees are fully clothed and unlikely to share skin-to-skin contact are safer,” the site reads. “However, attendees should be mindful of activities (like kissing) that might spread monkeypox.” That’s because “Monkeypox is not considered a sexually transmitted disease, but is often transmitted through close, sustained physical contact, which can include sexual contact.”

Oh, and you should also not have sex while you’re sick and maybe “avoid touching any rash.”

Better late than never, I suppose. But too many people have noticed the government’s eagerness to shut down most of civil society and its corresponding reluctance to shut down super-spreader orgies. As Rod Dreher put it, “[Notice that this] horrible communicable disease that (for now) is passed almost exclusively among gay men, through intimate contact: we couldn’t send our kids to school, go to church, do normal community activities, or anything like that for a couple of years … but the public health authorities refuse to call off gay orgies and close sex clubs and kink events, because gays are privileged in Regime culture.”

If you want to know who rules you, the old saying goes, just look at who you can’t criticize.

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Jonathon Van Maren is a public speaker, writer, and pro-life activist. His commentary has been translated into more than eight languages and published widely online as well as print newspapers such as the Jewish Independent, the National Post, the Hamilton Spectator and others. He has received an award for combating anti-Semitism in print from the Jewish organization B’nai Brith. His commentary has been featured on CTV Primetime, Global News, EWTN, and the CBC as well as dozens of radio stations and news outlets in Canada and the United States.

He speaks on a wide variety of cultural topics across North America at universities, high schools, churches, and other functions. Some of these topics include abortion, pornography, the Sexual Revolution, and euthanasia. Jonathon holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from Simon Fraser University, and is the communications director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform.

Jonathon’s first book, The Culture War, was released in 2016.

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