A man from the Bay Area says that he tested positive for COVID-19 and received a monkeypox diagnosis at the same time.
Mitcho Thompson of from Sebastopol says he notcied red lesions on his back, legs, arms, and neck shortly after learning he had COVID-19 at the end of June. He tested for Covid after feeling exhausted, he said.
"The doctor was very certain that I have monkeypox and that I had both," Thompson said. "That was the question. Could I get them at the same time? And he said, 'Yes, yes, yes.'"
Thompson said the double diagnosis led to weeks of misery. It felt like having a horrible flu.
"Really sick," he said. "And the worst of it was honestly where I just could barely get out of bed and you could barely even get a drink of water."