Covid is just the common cold so yeah they lie a lot

They added a "k" to the name

That would explain all the herpes zoster I'm seeing at my office, interesting.

No, monkey pox and shingles are NOT the same. They are caused by different viruses, namely the monkeypox and the varicella-sister virus, respectively. I agree with your take on the vaccination and the actual lethality of the monkeypox virus though.