The U.S. Is Underreacting to Monkeypox
Getting vaccines to gay and bisexual men is an urgent matter.
![An employee of the German company that makes the Jynneos vaccine holds up a clear bottle with some liquid in it. The employee is wearing a medical face mask and orange gloves.](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/1Pp6xlDj8EqVZpEiY1RhTKl7qkk=/488x0:1894x1406/80x80/media/img/mt/2022/06/2022_05_24T144938Z_480163035_RC2ODU9LXITW_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH_MONKEYPOX_GERMANY_VACCINE_1/original.jpg)
Getting vaccines to gay and bisexual men is an urgent matter.
Vaccines are amazing, but people who become infected need effective treatments.
Immunity is rising, and the approval of shots for young children is one of the last thresholds before a return to greater normalcy.
The U.S. should delay shots for children until global vaccine-manufacturing capacity significantly expands and the crisis in India subsides.
Incessant pessimism about the coronavirus is hard to kick, but the vaccines are banishing any doubt about reopening schools.