Smallpox

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bobdole369

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EEW!!!!! WTFOMG!!!!!!!!

I got physically ill looking at pictures. Like I was going to have a panic attack. Anyone who has seen it knows what it is. Don't link. Fuck ew.

Thank god we eradicated this, and a big fuck you to folks not getting their kids immunized.
 

guyver01

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nothing wrong with pictures of it..

it's not like it's Flesh Eating disease or anything

190px-Smallpox.jpg
 

bobdole369

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AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! ::runs screaming in terror from thread:: WHY DID I MAKE???!!!!!
 

bobdole369

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And flesh eating disease - pretty fucking nasty. But I seriously got panicky when I first saw smallpox. I really didn't like it at all.
 

lxskllr

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I wonder what it feels like. Chicken pox were the suck when I got them :^(
 

FoBoT

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should have included poll for those who were immunized for smallpox and those not
you guys that haven't gotten your smallpox vaccine are putting us all at risk
 

guyver01

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should have included poll for those who were immunized for smallpox and those not
you guys that haven't gotten your smallpox vaccine are putting us all at risk


i thought smallpox vaccine was mandatory.

i got it before i started school.. and that wa back in the 70's
 

frostedflakes

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They don't vaccinate for smallpox anymore (at least not in the US). My parents have those scars on their shoulder from the vaccination, it's a bit more serious than MMR. Since it's basically wiped out (for now, at least) there's no point in vaccinating for it. Risk of complications due to the vaccine is higher than the risk of getting the disease.
 

bobdole369

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OMG so you mean I am not vaccinated??!!! Fuck. No wonder they are so scared of the terrorists getting hold of it.
 

frostedflakes

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AFAIK there are only a couple samples of smallpox still in existence, and I'm sure they are very well protected.
 

CottonRabbit

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And flesh eating disease - pretty fucking nasty. But I seriously got panicky when I first saw smallpox. I really didn't like it at all.

I agree, smallpox looks more disturbing to me than something like mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (I'll let you Google it). However, as others have said, naturally occuring smallpox has the distinction of being the only disease that humanity has ever completely eradicated from the Earth.
 
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