Monkeypox vaccines are trickling in and, this weekend, there will be two more opportunities to get the jab in San Francisco.
The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District, along with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, will hold two MPX vaccine pop-ups Saturday, September 10, and Sunday, September 11, at Eagle Plaza, 398 12th Street. Saturday's pop-up will run from 2 to 5 p.m. and Sunday's from 3 to 5 p.m. Leather district manager Cal Callahan said there would be at least 100 vaccines available per day. First and second doses are available.
Those who come for the vaccines must meet SFDPH eligibility requirements and belong to one of the following priority populations: Black, Indigenous, people of color, gay, bisexual, transgender, or a current sex worker of any gender and orientation. On August 31, DPH updated the criteria on its MPX website to state that "all gay, bisexual, trans people, and men or trans people who have sex with men or trans people" are now eligible for vaccination. This is broader than the previous criteria, which limited eligibility to gay and bi men and trans people who had more than one sex partner in the past two weeks.
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