My guest today, Brian Thomas, is a traveling nurse, activist, openly HIV+ health educator, and one of the 9,500 American’s to test positive for monkeypox so far–a diagnosis he has been sharing openly on his popular TikTok account PozRN, in the hopes of curbing the spread of the virus and stigmatization by raising awareness about the disease, especially given the harmful misinformation that the virus only targets queer men.

On today’s episode, Brian shares critical info about monkeypox and his personal experience with the virus, stresses the need for a stronger national response to the outbreak, and gives safety tips to prevent transmission and spread.

For more information on the 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the US, please visit: cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox

Your host is Levi Chambers, founder of Rainbo Media Co. You can follow Levi @levichambers across socials.

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PRIDE is produced by Levi Chambers, Frank Driscoll, Maggie Boles, Ryan Tillotson, and Brandon Marlo. Edited by Frank Driscoll and Daniel Ferrera.

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