All of the reasons not to vaccinate that you give are very weak.
I was born in 1945 and when I grew up everyone was vaccinated against smallpox. The vaccination was always given on the outside of the arm, right near the shoulder.
My parents were both born in 1920 and they were both vaccinated. My mom had a scar the size of a quarter on her arm, my dad's scar was much smaller, but still noticeable--better vaccine.
I never saw anyone's arm who had not been vaccinated. By the time I was vaccinated the technique was better still and my scar is very inconspicuous, but everyone I ever saw in the entire US had a vaccination scar. I can still remember watching movies and seeing scars on all the actors--even extras playing primitive tribesmen.
I am certain there were side effects, and deaths, but the numbers were very low.
Like it or not, the US is a target of very evil people, and this is one of the easiest civil preparedness measures the nation could take.
You may not want to be vaccinated, and that is your right. But the medical establishment is trampling all over my right to be vaccinated if I want to be.
By the way, the vaccinations were given to kids who are always rubbing their eyes and I never even heard of anyone going blind from eye contamination, much less meeting anyone with that problem.
The vaccine is not made from smallpox, but from a related bacteria. If there is a contageous period it would not be actual smallpox that was transmitted.
I was born in 1947. Yup, I too remember waiting in line as a second grader for that shot. And I got another one in 1966, just before going to Vietnam.
But that wasn't the same stuff that is being used today. It was real smallpox in a weaker form cultured from infected cows. It had a very low range of side effects, but it also had a lower range of effectiveness.