To: Deborah63
The scar is from the smallpox vaccination, and is located on your upper arm.
To: arkfreepdom
Well looks like that vaccine was stopped in this area for people born after 1962....oh well! Debbie
To: arkfreepdom
Sometimes it on the arse. I remember eating the Polio vaccine on a sugar cube. Did they scrape it in and inject it also?
To: arkfreepdom; Deborah63
The scar is usually on the upper left arm, but there are many instances of parents having daughters vaccinated high on the hip. You know - girls and scars and sleeveless tops and stuff. I have seen this in my own family. Scar looks the same. By now it would be white, probably raised a little and about thumbnail in size. Definitely noticeable. Polio shots left no scars that I've ever seen.
To: arkfreepdom
I was vaccinated as a baby in '67, and my scar is on the outside of my thigh. I don't think they gave it to babies in the arm, just like modern immunization injections are in the thigh for infants. Doubt I could even find my scar now!
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