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by BurningPenguin 1451 days ago
Very unlikely, because the stuff in the vaccines doesn't stay around for very long. Monkeypox isn't exactly new. It is around for several decades, with the occasional outbreak. Pretty much every outbreak is linked to Africa. It's a tropical disease after all.

There are some thoughts, that the stop of routine smallpox vaccination might be one of the reasons why it spreads so easily now. The vaccine would be effective up to 85%.

You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeypox