Transmission

Varicella is highly contagious. The virus can be spread from person to person by direct contact, inhalation of aerosols from vesicular fluid of skin lesions of acute varicella or zoster, and possibly through infected respiratory secretions that also may be aerosolized.

Direct contact with fluids for Chicken pox. Monkey Pox is not the varicella virus however, it's a variola virus. Different things entirely. Monkeypox belongs to the same family of viruses like Smallpox. Chickenpox is a Herpes virus.

It's a pox-family virus, fellas. Like chickenpox or smallpox.

Chicken pox is not a pox-family virus. It's a Herpes family virus, Varicella-Zoster.