Monkeypox is no laughing matter. It can scar you for life. In complicated medical cases, this pox can be life threatening. However, to date, few if any have lost their lives in the current emerging pandemic of the less deadly West African clade of monkeypox orthopoxvirus. While those infected will have to quarantine for up to one month to prevent its spread, even if severely inconvenienced, most will merely experience a few weeks of sometimes serious pain, discomfort, and isolation.               The first sign of monkeypox infection is usually sores in the mouth or on the tongue, followed by flu-like symptoms. Then sores appear on the face. Next lesions may appear mostly on the hands and feet and fewer on the trunk of the body.             The incubation period from first infection to symptoms is three to twenty-one days,...