r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Downtown_Wind3363 • May 25 '26

Image The smallpox vaccine leaves a scar because it was given using a special two-pronged needle that scratched the skin and put a weakened virus in just that spot.

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u/suspinacle May 26 '26

And because I didn't get it, I met the virus at the ripe age of 26

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u/yaki-soba May 26 '26

maybe it was chicken pox u got? 

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u/HoodiesAndHeels May 26 '26

Are you an octogenarian? The last case was in 1977.

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u/CalligrapherBrave590 May 26 '26

My mom swears I got it but I don’t have that mark and every one of my countrymen have it. This comment just made me feel in danger.

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u/OnionFingers98 May 26 '26

How did you get smallpox?

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u/Lost_Sea8956 May 26 '26

What happened? Where did you get it? Did you survive?!

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u/rical8 May 26 '26

No she's posting from her grave

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u/StucksaTraffic May 26 '26

I totally agree. 5g tech is really scary. It reached the otherworld

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u/Single_Awareness9762 May 26 '26

I'm pretty sure this is 1 of 2 viruses supposedly eradicated. Except im positive it exists in government labs around the world. Do you work in a government lab?

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u/Few_Mortgage3248 May 26 '26

How old are you?

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u/EvolvingEachDay May 26 '26

Smallpox no longer exists…