[Bubba_Leroy]

Not everyone got a scar from the smallpox vacination. I remember getting a small pox booster shot as a child (I got my first smallpox shot as an infant). My mother, who is still living, recently confirmed it. I have no vacination scar and neither does my older sister. My older brother has a scar. (I'm in my 40s).

[dawn53]

Not everyone got a scar from the smallpox vacination

Exactly, not everyone has a scar. I was vaccinated in the 50's but don't have a scar.

And then if you lived outside the US, you may have a scar from a different kind of a vaccination. For instance, we were living outside the US when my 13 year old son started school, and he had to have a BCG vaccine (for TB) because it was required by the country we were in. This leaves a scar very similar to the smallpox scar.

[Darnright]

"Not everyone got a scar from the smallpox vacination."

Technically, I've had 3 smallpox vaccinations in my life (and I'm in my late 40's). The first one didn't "take", or cause the lesion that shows the vaccine has worked, so I had to be redone. I got a nice, visible scar from the 2nd one. I had a booster in the 7th (I think) grade, that also reacted, leaving its own smaller scar. That scar is no longer visible.

I would hope the government gets on the stick and vaccinates the younger people in this country, so we seriously reduce the attraction of using smallpox as a terrorist weapon.

[kingh99]

Exactly. Being an army brat I got every vaccination under the sun. I don't have a visible scar. My kids deserver better, however. If I was a young man today, I would join the military. It's going to get the best treatment over the next decade. Just like the 40's, 50's and 60's. Military got first class treatment in medical care for their kiddos.