"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.’ The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox. Since then monkeypox has been reported in humans in other central and western African countries." https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html
I remember smallpox escaping from a lab in the UK in the seventies, where they were mucking around with it, after declaring that smallpox had been eradicated the year before.
"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.’ The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox. Since then monkeypox has been reported in humans in other central and western African countries." https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html
Hmmm. Maybe not let people in from Congo?
Also, not the disease was first identified in colonies of monkeys kept for RESEARCH. The research was for SMALLPOX. Cool. Not.
I wonder if [they] were screwing around with the chickenpox vaccine and somehow came out with a weaponized version after infecting primates?
With what we know about SARS-Cov2, it's not so farfetched.
Edit:
I meant smallpox, not chickenpox.
I remember smallpox escaping from a lab in the UK in the seventies, where they were mucking around with it, after declaring that smallpox had been eradicated the year before.
it is possible it is not a result of natural occurrence but a lab experiment gone wrong. Or worse another bio weapon aimed against civilians.
dude, all the crazy shit comes from Congo