Radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands again, this time because of the controversial comments he made about current monkeypox outbreak.
On Tuesday morning, Sandilands, 51, described the virus as “the big gay disease floating around” and said that “only gay people get it” went on air and joked that he won’t let Brooklyn Ross, who is the producer of The Kyle and Jackie O Show and openly gay, near him newborn son Otto the result is.
Sydney Morning Herald columnist Andrew Hornery, who is also an openly gay man, responded to Sandilands’ comment this morning. Private Sydney says he has “reached the impossible” by “reaching new lows”.
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A spokesman for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations also told Emissary that Sandilands’ comments were “deeply unhelpful.”
A spokesperson said: “Comments like these are not only hurtful but also deeply unhelpful.
“Right now, thousands of gay and bisexual men are doing the right thing by monitoring for smallpox symptoms, to take care of their health and that of their partners. Over the next few months, we’ll fall in love. I ask these men to continue to get vaccinated.”
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“When people hear segments like this, it fuels stigma and discourages people from going to healthcare clinics to get tested and vaccinated,” the spokesperson continued.
A spokesperson said the organization would be “delighted” to offer Sandilands a private meeting “so he can play a constructive role in the nationwide monkeypox response.”
The controversy arose as concerns about contagion increased among LGBTQIA + community, like a disease affects gays, bisexuals, and other men who have sex with other men.
The virus is spread through close physical contact with an infected person, usually skin-to-skin contact, but it can also be spread through large respiratory droplets when someone coughs or sneezes, or through contact. with bed linen, towels, and other fabrics that an infected person’s sores have come into contact with.
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More than 41,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported across 96 countries since May, and the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. in July.
Five days later, Australia declared monkeypox a national serious infectious disease.
Australia’s chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly described monkeypox as “much less harmful” and “much less transmissible” than COVID-19, and this week the World Health Organization reported a 21% drop of monkeypox cases globally, although on August 22, New South Wales has reported its first local case of the virus.
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