• kristina [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    my mom got a scar from i think the smallpox or polio vaccine that looked a little like this from like the 70s? but legit one of our relatives died of it before so like.... worth not having destroyed lungs/face/whatever for a dime sized scar

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Yeah in poor countries like mine we still get those shots that leave a permanent mark like a tiny deep burn. But only one or two. Source: my arm

    • unperson [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      That's the BCG. It's against tuberculosis and leprosy.