According to the New York Times on September 26, four months after the first report of monkeypox cases in the United States, the overall growth rate of monkeypox cases in the country has slowed down, but the epidemic situation in some areas is still spreading rapidly, and the racial difference of cases is also expanding.
It is reported that the number of new monkeypox cases in the United States has been steadily decreasing for several weeks, from more than 500 cases per day in early August to 208 cases on September 22. However, monkeypox cases are increasing rapidly in Indiana, Virginia, Massachusetts and other states.
At the same time, the proportion of minority cases is rising. Among them, the proportion of African American and Hispanic male cases soared from 37% in late May to 70% in mid September. Only 9% of African American men received monkeypox vaccine, and only 16% of Hispanic men received monkeypox vaccine. In this regard, David Harvey, Executive Director of the Board of Directors of the National STD Alliance of the United States, said that the progress in the fight against monkeypox in the United States was extremely uneven, and the epidemic was far from over.