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minus-squarebluesheep@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoWhat the hell is that what it is? My mom has one too and I never realised that it’s a vaccine scar
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoSmallpox vaccine was live cowpox virus which causes this scarring. It was one of the most effective vaccines. Smallpox is a horror.
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoYep that is the old vaccine. It is still used in some poorer parts of the world as well.
minus-squarepiwakawakas@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoBCG vaccine for TB causes scars like this
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI haven’t noticed mine in decades but we all had them growing up. We also yearly got these pink tablets to chew that colored your teeth - darker meant you weren’t doing a great job brushing your teeth.
minus-squarela508@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHoly fuck. I’d totally forgotten about those. They would stain the plaque on your teeth so you knew where to brush.
What the hell is that what it is? My mom has one too and I never realised that it’s a vaccine scar
Smallpox vaccine was live cowpox virus which causes this scarring. It was one of the most effective vaccines.
Smallpox is a horror.
Yep that is the old vaccine. It is still used in some poorer parts of the world as well.
BCG vaccine for TB causes scars like this
I haven’t noticed mine in decades but we all had them growing up.
We also yearly got these pink tablets to chew that colored your teeth - darker meant you weren’t doing a great job brushing your teeth.
Holy fuck. I’d totally forgotten about those. They would stain the plaque on your teeth so you knew where to brush.