Currently, there are outbreaks and deaths from meningitis among gay men in West Hollywood and New York City. Meningitis, the Centers for Disease Control reports, “can spread through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions.” Which includes kissing. People make the mistake that the most common symptoms of meningitis (neck pain, high fever, and a rash) is the flu. Since 2010, 22 men in New York City have become infected with the disease, and 7 died. More than half, 12 of the 22, were living with HIV. There’s a distinct possibility meningitis could develop into a major outbreak, NYC health officials warn, killing many more. So far this year, four men already are infected with meningitis. New York City’s health department is recommending vaccinations for men, regardless of HIV status, who regularly have intimate contact with other men. In December, San Francisco Health officials went as far as to recommend that gay men traveling to NYC get vaccinated.
This all brings back memories surrounding the eventual rise of AIDS. Just a few gay men here and there dying; relatively young, healthy, and professional young guys just dropping. I saw some of their pictures on the Internet; and it breaks my heart. Sadly, much of the media-reporting has been spotty at best. Even the gay news outlets are not making a big deal of it. I do not think this is by accident; for headlines about a highly deadly disease growing amongst the gay population is not the sort of image that the gay marriage advocates want to get out there. After all, there is no promiscuity in the gay world; we all just want the perfect suburban lifestyle of domestic bliss. In the meantime, men continue to die; and unknowing kids enter the gay lifestyle as if they have nothing to worry about. This is collusion. Some in the homosexual community, and their power-brokers in the government, have bought so fully into a lie, that they can not see the danger right in front of them.