What Monkeypox Memes Tell Us About Reactionary Narratives

Health organizations and the public should be aware how memes are used during public health crises

“Panic?” by PimGMX is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

In the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, meme creators were setting the cultural tone of the oncoming shifts that result from a global disease. Memes and online humor aid in coping with concepts…