[zerosix]

No, I did intend to state small pox (it was on the upper arm and left a blister and for some of us, left slight scar.)

I understand that there has been a resurgence of it around third world countries, which means soon to visit a community near you.

[VanShuyten]

I, too, have a vaccination scar on my left arm. However, small pox seems to have been eradicated in the wild, and except for a few samples kept at secure sites, in the lab.

According to the WHO: “The last known natural case was in Somalia in 1977. Since then, the only known cases were caused by a laboratory accident in 1978 in Birmingham,
England, which killed one person and caused a limited outbreak”

There are various other poxes, such as monkey pox, which rarely infect humans.

I would be more concerned about tropical and sub-tropical diseases and parasites being brought in by illegals.