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Originally posted by Colin
I thought I got that shot when I was a kid. When did they stop vaccinating for smallpox?
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1972 in the states, and they declared the disease dead a few years later, like 78 I think. There hasnt been a case in the wild for years.
There was an article in last week's Newsweek about the disease, what will happen in the states if there is a case occurrence, and whether or not those old vaccines we got are any good -- found it online --
http://www.msnbc.com/news/817164.asp