None of us 1971 kids got the smallpox scar. Discontinued in 1972 (US). Whew.
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bstix@feddit.dk 2 months agoNo. People who are older than that have a smallpox vaccination scar on the shoulde from the vaccines in 1958-1977.
The arm thing s is just an urban myth and plays on confirmation bias. Almost everyone have a freckle there for no good reason.
However… Mexicans actually have a tuberculosis vaccination mark on the arm, but most other countries didn’t need to vaccinate against that.
That’s how these myths spread, part truth+loads of bullshit.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah it’s just because was in the sun a lot in high school because I was a lifeguard back then lol
r00ty@kbin.life 2 months ago
Nah, I got the BCG back in the 80s, and I'm in the UK. So definitely not just Mexicans. That is one nasty vaccination, by the way. Do not recommend the experience.