Priya Alexander

So the previous studies that have looked at this, which has relied on surveys, had suggested that we were getting about 41% to 72% coverage.

That's quite a big range.

It is a big range.

But what's perhaps devastating is that this particular study has suggested that our coverage amongst this broader population of gay, bisexual men who have sex with men could be as low as 9.6%.

Yes.

And the risk of that is, of course, how many missed opportunities are happening in sexual health consults with someone like me, your GP?

Is it on our radar enough?

Are we talking about it enough?

Why aren't we vaccinating people?

But also it leaves us at higher risk of another outbreak, like what happened in 2024.

Yeah.

I remember this.

In February, yeah.

And I remember seeing the virus and going, I never encountered this in medical school.

No.

But that was the first time people went, if a rodent is infected, it could transmit to a human and the rodent as well.

I think there's a lot of anxiety.

We've had a lot of people come up to us today saying, will you be covering this on the health report?

Because I think it's reminiscent of COVID and the pandemic.

And at this stage, the World Health Organisation are leading the public health response.