There are several main reasons why scientists are concerned about the spread of monkeypox.1 is that this virus, although it can be transmitted from person to person, has been mostly confined to Africa and African tourists in the past. There are very few cases of transmission outside of Africa.2 It is because there is cross-immunity between smallpox and monkeypox, but because smallpox has been eliminated, people under 40 years of age lack immunity to this virus. However, there is no need to worry too much about this virus, we have a better strategy to deal with this type of virus and the vaccine will not be at all as difficult as the new coronavirus.

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