The first case of monkey pox in a human was discovered in the democratic republicos congo in 19 78, in a nine month old child who had not been vaccinated. We didn't know monkey pox was out there because it looks just like small pox, which is a cousin of monkey poz. When we eradicated monkey pot or small pox from the planet, we stopped vaccinating against pox viruses. And as a result, we started to see some chinks in our herd immunity armor.

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