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To: smileee
So, which vaccine is it that gave everybody over the age of 35 or so that little oval scar on the right shoulder? Was that smallpox, or TB?

Friends were trying to remember last night.

18 posted on 10/13/2001 3:09:03 PM PDT by Ratatoskr
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To: Ratatoskr
That was for smallpox. You used to have to be vaccinated before they'd let you start school.

I hope the Government is starting to make the vaccine again, because I think we're gonna need it. The anthrax thing is going to fade because people are aware of it and are going to take precautions. Smallpox is a different story, and it is contagious, which is even more scary.

22 posted on 10/13/2001 3:13:32 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Ratatoskr
The scar on our arms is the mark of the old-style polio vaccine. I beleive now that it's taken orally.
26 posted on 10/13/2001 3:24:11 PM PDT by WxMan2000
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