Children, pregnant women, and immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk of severe and potentially fatal monkeypox. — With over 21,000 confirmed cases across 78 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) finally declared the current monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the organization’s highest alarm, on 23 July 2022. Unlike prior PHEIC declarations like Covid-19 and polio, most of the panel advisors (9 out…