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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago

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

Smallpox is a horror.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

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

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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.