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The US and Europe haven't vaccinated for smallpox since the early '70s and routine vaccination wrapped up globally in the mid-'80s, so, for many... absolutely
by JonathonW 3y ago
The US and Europe haven't vaccinated for smallpox since the early '70s and routine vaccination wrapped up globally in the mid-'80s, so, for many... absolutely nothing.
- hinkley 3y agoI used to be amused when period pieces would show actresses (particularly European) in sleeveless attire with their smallpox vaccine scar, three feet tall in the closeup shots. Turns out smallpox vaccines are a lot older than I thought. They might have not looked exactly like that in Victorian England, but an iteration of it did already exist. Guess that's why they cover up tattoos but not smallpox scars.
- jiofj 3y agoI know many people in my country, Spain, who are 60+ and have smallpox vaccine scars.
- arcticbull 3y agoYeah the first effective Smallpox vaccines were almost 230 years ago, and actually predates the Victorian era by a couple of decades. Vaccination through exposing healthy people to smallpox to build immunity goes back to like 200 BCE. [1] [1] https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/a-brief-history-of-vaccination https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccinati...