Monkeypox. Why is it mainly affecting gay men?

Just to add that any disease which is passed through close contact with another human is certainly going to spread quickly if people have multiple partners, and lots of them.

It just so happened it started off with gay men and it snowballed from there because gay and bisexual men form a closed community. However eventually monkey pox will spread to heterosexual people too, perhaps via bisexual men.

Caleo

It just so happened it started off with gay men and it snowballed from there because gay and bisexual men form a closed community. However eventually monkey pox will spread to heterosexual people too, perhaps via bisexual men.

It already has transmitted into females in the UK, there were 14 cases in women as at last week. 73% of cases are in London so far, but it is becoming widespread across the UK.

Well of course this will leave the gay community when men who pick up other men go back to their wives/partners and infect them. Ultimately, this kind of disease is always spread most quickly through people having multiple partners.