Monkeypox was first "discovered" in 1959 by a "doctor" in Denmark, Preben von Magnus, who seemed to be interested in what diseases would make an effective biological weapon. Monkeypox was first found in Asian Monkeys that were being used by Magnus for medical research. It was never mentioned or noticed before that. And it was observed in Asian rhesus (macquay) monkeys, not in African monkeys, being used for medical experiments in his laboratory.
After that, for 10 years, it was observed in monkeys being held in medical research labs throughout Europe and the USA. Then, in 1970, the first case of monkeypox was discovered in a human in the Democratic Republic of Congo (famous for the origin of Ebola and the favorite vaccine Safari location for Bill Gates, WHO and UNICEF….) Experiments have been ongoing ever since.
Now suddenly, its spreading like wildfire across the planet, no jungles, no monkeys.
In the U.S. outbreak of 2003, most patients with monkeypox reported exposure to wild or exotic mammals (including prairie dogs). However, no cases of monkeypox could be attributed exclusively to person-to-person contact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preben_von_Magnus
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC413801/?page=3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15829191/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/monkeypox