I have read that the outbreak is concentrated in gay men via sexual transmission. The article doesn't say anything about that, which I would say is par for the course for public health communication, if this is indeed the case.
> In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO's emergencies department, said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals.
> "We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission," said Heymann.
> Other scientists have pointed out that it will be difficult to disentangle whether it is sex itself or the close contact related to sex that has driven the recent spread of monkeypox across Europe.
> U.K. officials have said "a notable proportion" of the cases in Britain and Europe have been in young men with no history of travel to Africa and who are gay, bisexual or have sex with men. Authorities in Portugal and Spain also said their cases were in men who mostly had sex with other men and whose infections were picked up when they sought help for lesions at sexual health clinics.
The only concrete thing I think we can reasonably conclude is that it is easier to spread via 2 naked people who have a lot of skin on skin contact vs say 2 clothed people hugging, regardless of the specific activity engaged in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monkeypox-spread-sex-raves-euro...