Man With Monkeypox Speaks On Pain The He’s Experiencing

Man with monkeypox says just being awake is excruciating.

HOUSTON, Texas — There are now 57 cases of confirmed monkeypox in the Houston region with 183 across the state, according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.

“It hurts to exist. Because my face isn’t touching anything. It’s not like sleeping on a pillow, ‘Oh it hurts.’ It just hurts to exist to the open air,” Wesley Wallace said.