rick batista got vaccinated. he says this is more than just personal responsibility. >> i think it is important for our community to look out for ourselves and do whatever we can to make sure that monkeypox does not spread. >> san francisco has almost 50% of almost -- of monkeypox infections in the state. city health officials requested 35 hundred new doses. >> the fact that it will take until the end of this year to get 1.5 million to 2 million doses out is frightening. >> monkeypox is affecting most people -- mostly men who have sex with men. people are afraid that the gay community will be blamed for the prices. >> we don't want people to be afraid of having sex. we fought a long time in the hiv and aids movement to not be stigmatized for the sex that we have so we don't want this outbreak to have us have to relitigate that conversation. >> vaccination is how we will control this outbreak. if we don't control it, it could be endemic. crisis got winners has san francisco and new york are the epicenters of the u