The alerts contained links to verified, up-to-date monkeypox information from public health authorities like the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. This past weekend, the app sent a pop-up alert in 13 different languages to users in the UK and Europe, where the majority of cases so far have been found.
So Grindr has been working to get accurate information about the outbreak to its users. Many of the new cases so far have been linked to men who have sex with men, which suggests the virus may be spreading through sexual networks, experts say. How the quest for a polio vaccine led us to monkeypox Typically, monkeypox is thought to spread via large respiratory droplets, contact with sores or the sharing of things like bed sheets or clothing with someone shedding the virus.