[Route66]

I'm sorry. I only meant that the virus that we would be vaccinated with was alive and could be spread through the use of the vaccine. I do know it's cow pox, but as you said, the vaccination is not without risk - which is why there has been so much deliberation about how best to use it.

I understand fully the risks of smallpox, and my point here has not been to say we should not vaccinate, only to counter the argument made by some that there is no danger in the vaccination process.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Several vaccines carry this risk. The navy recently shot me up with measels and yellow fever vaccines, and I was warned to stay away from any immune-deficient people for up to 5 days, as these are live virus innoculations.

In the old days, some people did die. One just had better odds of dying of smallpox than of the vaccine.

Personally, I'd use duct tape and meat-packing blotter for bandages, like tattooers do. Soaks up all sorts of goo.