[David_H]

There was no doctor involved. It was an enlisted navy guy.

John, this is quite worrying, effective Smallpox vaccination doesn't just require the shot/scratch to be given correctly it also needs a checkup a few days later.

I wonder if the Smallpox vaccine they used on you had been diluted? The government was debating this a few months ago.

[JRandomFreeper]

Do you have a source for that information? I have a couple of different editions of Merck here handy tonight.

I can call my civilian MD tomorrow. I saw her today, and updated my civilian records with my shot record info. She didn't ask anything about a scar, but was glad that I got the vaccination, and equally glad that I didn't get the anthrax.

/john

[JRandomFreeper]

Oh, and I'm in my 40s. I had to have small-pox vaccination to get into private grade school and then was re-vaccinated in the late 60s. I don't have a scar from those either.

/john