Stranger Films Woman With Skin Condition On NYC Subway
In his social media post the man (now identified and sorry) was suggesting she might have monkeypox.
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In his social media post the man (now identified and sorry) was suggesting she might have monkeypox.
In his social media post the man (now identified and sorry) was suggesting she might have monkeypox.
Lilly Simon, a 33-year-old in Brooklyn, does not have monkeypox. She does have neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow at her nerve endings. Those tumors were filmed surreptitiously by a TikTok user while Simon was riding the subway on a Thursday in late July during her commute.
With little government guidance on a fast-spreading virus, a new form of social-media vigilantism has emerged.