[crazykatz]

I still remember my kids getting their smallpox vacinations years ago...I do NOT remember the sores getting very large or "runny".

In fact, none of my youngsters even have much of a scar...and come to think of it...neither do my husband or I.

Is this new vacine extra potent or something????

[blondee123]

When I was a kid, we all got them at school, no one was concerned about bandages or anything, the thing scabbed over & there was no runny goo! Are these people who are bringing this up, very young & don't remember how it was done years ago, without panic attached to it. It was just another routine shot all grade school kids had to have.

[Cold Heat]

The smallpox vaccine is supposed to initiate a reaction in your immune system so that antibodies are created. This usually makes a sore or black colored scab. It often scars and is perfectly normal, in fact a sign that the vaccine worked.

To think that you would need anything other than a curad bandaid with or without a picture of a frog on it is assinine!

[Ford Fairlane]

I was vaccinated as a kid, 2 of my close friends are docs, one does research for the cdc, both say once you are vaccinated you are ok, it doesn't wear off as some are saying, so I guess everyone over 30-35 is ok