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I think a lot of folks are mistaking their smallpox vaccine scar for a BCG scar
https://www.healthline.com/health/smallpox-vaccine-scar
Vaccinating against smallpox was common for anyone born before 1980, but BCG not so much in Western countries.
Smallpox vaccine leaves a very similar scar. I think most people in here are actually mistaking their smallpox vaccine scar for BCG vaccine scar."Spain: Past national BCG vaccination policy for all from 1965 to 1981."
BCG vaccine - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Well, that's good for me and many people I know at least (I was born in 1977). I guess that's probably the one that left the scar I have on my left shoulder? I don't know if there's other vaccines that do that.
https://www.healthline.com/health/smallpox-vaccine-scar
Thank goodness the BCG vaccine is mandatory here. I'll wear my smallpox and BCG scars with pride.
I got it when I was born, but I read that it's only effective for 20 years so that shit prolly wore off by now lol.
To be fair if you got yours in school collectively I'm guessing all that pain and swelling came from everyone punching each other in the arm. In our school you were looking over your shoulder constantly for the next week or two
Well duh how else are we going to build immunity to a face punch or head butt? Mine actually became infected which was also common - in part from being thoroughly punched.
Ooooh nasty. Was lucky enough to avoid any infection but yeah that was a rough period lol. I know a few kids had theirs kinda burst from the punching. Its weird to think about how normal that was now. Even the teachers didn't make much a of a deal of it.
Yeah the shit we took for granted. People tried to keep their birthday secret to avoid violent congratulations.
I certainly didn't - was well into secondary school that we got it.
I would hope that every single data point imaginable is being examined because it's clear that the outcomes are dramatically different between countries and states, and sometimes even zip codes.
I hope for Japan's sake there is some truth to this because they were far too slow in enacting a state of emergency.
I hope for Japan's sake there is some truth to this because they were far too slow in enacting a state of emergency.
Any mention of any protection if you have HAD tuberculosis? Most of my family have lung issues and one had tuberculosis in the 70's. Being in the US unsure if we have had the vaccine or not (everyone's over 30).
I have some sort of vaccine scar high on my right arm.
I'm guessing BCG comparing it to pictures online.
I'm a little confused as to why I have it. I'm from the US, born in 1976, lived in Spain for most of 1978, and spent the rest of my life so far back in the US.
Maybe that policy in Spain applied to foreigners? We lived in town, not on the Navy base.
I'm guessing BCG comparing it to pictures online.
I'm a little confused as to why I have it. I'm from the US, born in 1976, lived in Spain for most of 1978, and spent the rest of my life so far back in the US.
Maybe that policy in Spain applied to foreigners? We lived in town, not on the Navy base.
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Oh I had this. UK 35yo. My girlfriend says we both got this, but apparently they've stopped giving it to kids these days here..??
I had mine aged about 15 in the UK.
This was that shit where they did the circle prick test then jabbed you and give you this massive blister that scarred, right?
Same one! You should have a scar on the place where you had it.
Because TB is considered eradicated unless you travel to specific countries.
Yeah, that's the one. Was it only people in Northern Ireland that got it in primary school??? Cus everyone is saying high school but it was defo Primary School for me, I even remember a girl who was in my class (defo from primary school class, as we went to different high schools) who couldn't get it because her family had a history of being badly affected by TB and I think they weren't sure how the Bcg would react? Did no one else get it in primary school?
this is what it looks like:
I also have this.
I don't, but I had the BCG (45, British. It was mandatory back then). I guess I was lucky?
Well we (town in England) had a 3-tier Lower/Middle/Upper school system, and I definitely had mine in the drama room at my upper school (age 13-18)
Not true, it's extremely common in the UK and was mandatory in schools for decades.
Have anti vax people basically been silent through this? I don't know any personally but I have to imagine that a pandemic would make them realize how wrong they were.
Hopefully we'll see a trend of having more mandatory vaccines! Lots of vaccines aren't mandatory for whatever reasons but they could save lives and improve the quality of life.
Wasn't it a case that you had it twice? I could have sworn my last was a second and final booster.
I'm not sure to be honest. I can only remember one instance of getting my BCG.
But I had a bunch of other vaccinations in school so it's possible I had two.
Memory from those days is fairly hazy outside of some standout moments, the blister and ensuing scar is definitely one of them lol.
