If anything, it may be derogative towards monkeys, which would make it (from a human perspective) speciesist, not racist. And then, which monkey species exactly?
But again, clownworld
It really is perplexing that the notion, primarily derived from white people, that keeping it labeled as Monkeypox “could” direct hate towards POC isn’t in itself considered racist.
True, but with all the absurdities these days I really only have one word