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Originally Posted by Slithy_Tove
The picture may be ugly, but the vaccine works well. Smallpox was the first disease humans were ever able to eradicate completely from the face of the earth. Not a small achievement. I wear my smallpox scar proudly. 
I hope it stays eradicated. |
I hope so too, because our 36+ yr old vaccinations are no longer protecting even us from an outbreak.
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"Thus, even those who received the recommended single-dose vaccination as children do not have lifelong immunity"
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/22/2127
But they still do vaccinate in Taiwan, why is that?