Vacination

['956Wheel]

Does anybody remember what that shot in the arm the us kids of the 50s & 60s got? The reason I ask is due to the threat of smallpox used in biological warfare. This was the shot that left a mark on most people. Mom says it was smallpox I thought it was a T. B. test.



Mike

 

[illflem]

Mike, your Mom is correct, the mark is from a SP vaccine. Small pox was eradicated worldwide quite a few years ago due to the vaccine, the vaccine was then eliminated because some people got sick and 1 in 1 million died from the vaccine. Supposedly if terrorists released SP you will still be immune if you were vaccinated.

 

[klenger]

I've heard that soldiers in war (Viet Nam I think) used the the vacination marks to identify that another soldier was really an american.



I think that they have also been seen on actors in movies like Exodus or something like that, or was it they had watches on?

 

[DocStressor]

The smallpox immunization was supposed to last about 10 years. So if the virus is ever released, we would all be toast. Not just the young folks.

 

[MUDDY]

i was also told 10 years is all the smallpox immunization is good for.

 

[Ramboy]

The SP vaccination was not a shot. They took a sharp instrument and scratched the skin enough to break through the flesh. They then applied the vaccine and eventually a scab would form and when it healed, you were left with a permanent scar. At least that is the way it was done when I was a kid.

Phil