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Rob72 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:06 amAgreed. Big Time. Also, please don't misunderstand, I was not talking about getting the smallpox vaccine, I was talking about treating active smallpox, and containing a disease for which you have no effective treatment. That's a substantial difference.

My apologies. When I read your statement, I was focused on inoculation instead of treating an outbreak before widespread inoculation existed. My apologies... I jumped the shark.

Rob72 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:53 pmSmallpox is grossly misleading, as the numbers were inconsequential during its last 50 years, i.e., only a literal handful of people alive today know what treating it is like.

Many more than a "literal handful" of people know what it was like. I'm 67 and I had to get it. My sister (8 years my junior) had to get it too. When I enlisted in the Air Force, they did it again, even though they could see the scar. Note: The second time did not scar up, since I was already vaccinated.

I remember the polio vaccine too. That one was kinda fun. They dropped the serum on a sugar cube and you just sucked on it until the cube melted. Some of my classmates were bummed they couldn't have seconds.