[Red Badger]

Okay, African Pox.............................

[V_TWIN]

“Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research, hence the name ‘monkeypox.”

https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/about.html

occurred in colonies of monkeys.......I don’t see the big frickin’ deal here.

SMH

[D Rider]

Since 2017, Nigeria has had the largest outbreak of monkey-pox. Why don’t we call it the Nigeria-pox?