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[–] 18 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

It was a live vaccine unlike other injections which use dead cells. Part of the reason it made a blister. They carried some risks you don't have with other vaccines.

Newer smallpox vaccines given to the military no longer cause scars and are much safer. They can be given to immuno compromised individuals.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    I still have the scar from it and I got mine in 2008 or so. Mine was not the injectable version, which is safer for immunocompromised. Mine was the mini fork they stabbed you with a few times to perforate the skin area. It itched so much.

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