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To: FITZ
How would "finding a blister to share" immunize a person?

I have tons of questions about this subject, sorry. I have a toddler who underwent a kidney transplant/reimplement, does that make her immuno deficient or whatever its called?

25 posted on 10/21/2001 10:59:12 PM PDT by AmericanGurl
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To: AmericanGurl
You can infect other people either on purpose or inadvertantly from a smallpox vaccine blister. Your baby is probably on some kind of cyclosporin or something to suppress the immune system and purposely infecting your baby would not be safe. I would do it to my own kids just like I took them to be exposed to chicken pox. Your baby should be immunized carefully and slowly with very careful doses of vaccine. The vaccinia infection normally causes at most a few blisters which can leave scars, but in someone with lowered immunity, it can be a worse infection, not life threatening but you wouldn't want to risk bad scarring.
31 posted on 10/21/2001 11:06:19 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: AmericanGurl
Any person, who is not vacinated against smallpox , has the oppertunity to catch this disease , of they are exposed to a contagious person .

I hope that your daughter is doing well now.

69 posted on 10/21/2001 11:42:15 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: AmericanGurl
Click here FOR THE WAY TO TREAT SMALL-POX & PREVENTING DISFIGUREMENT

Some old ways of treating and understanding about smallpox. Well worth the look!

102 posted on 10/22/2001 12:34:54 AM PDT by lil'bit
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