[Boogieman]

Umm, we do not give out smallpox vaccines to the general population anymore, since the risk of contracting smallpox is almost nonexistent, while the risk from being injured from the smallpox vaccine is quite existent. Thus the benefits no longer outweigh the risks.

[TexasGator]

“Umm, we do not give out smallpox vaccines to the general population anymore, since the risk of contracting smallpox is almost nonexistent, while the risk from being injured from the smallpox vaccine is quite existent. Thus the benefits no longer outweigh the risks.”

Thanks for mentioning that the vaccine eradicated smallpox.

I had two, one in grade school {50’s) and one in the navy (1968). No one that I know of had any adverse affects.