According to the data released on the official website of the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention on September 6, the confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States have exceeded 20000.
Data from the CDC show that 20733 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been found in the United States. Among them, California has the largest number of cases, reaching 3833. The second was New York State, with 3526 cases. The US "Axios" news network reported on the 6th that with the spread of monkeypox, health institutions in various parts of the United States had to cope with the decreasing vaccine resources and the increasingly serious equity problem. Like COVID-19, the United States is also facing the issue of fairness of monkeypox vaccine.
CNN reported on the 3rd that African Americans, Latinos or Hispanics in the United States have a higher probability of monkeypox, but are less likely to be vaccinated. As of August 27, nearly 38% of monkeypox cases in the United States had occurred in African Americans, but African Americans accounted for only 12% of the population of the United States. Chek, chief health equity officer of Ohio State University, commented that monkeypox "is not the first disease in the United States that highlights racial inequality". The US CDC said that racism, stigmatization, poverty and limited medical care are continuing to exacerbate this "inequality".