Monkeypox virus is not caused by monkeys. Monkeypox virus was first discovered in 1958 in green monkeys in Copenhagen, this can cause primate fever and pox rashes family of viruses, just because the first was found in monkeys this virus, so it is named monkeypox virus, not because it is caused by monkeys. Monkeypox virus and smallpox belong to the same family of orthopoxviridae, and produce symptoms similar to smallpox. It is known that monkeys, rodents, rabbits, and humans can be the source of infection of the pathogen of monkeypox virus, not only monkeys. To correctly understand the treatment of monkeypox virus, we should respect science and not misbelieve the rumors.