bluesheep comments on CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL

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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What the hell is that what it is? My mom has one too and I never realised that it's a vaccine scar

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Yep that is the old vaccine. It is still used in some poorer parts of the world as well.

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[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] la508@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

Holy fuck. I'd totally forgotten about those. They would stain the plaque on your teeth so you knew where to brush.

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[–] piwakawakas@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 months ago

BCG vaccine for TB causes scars like this

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Smallpox vaccine was live cowpox virus which causes this scarring. It was one of the most effective vaccines.

Smallpox is a horror.

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