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Old 20-10-2007, 16:08   #7
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Re: confusing news item about Smallpox

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Originally Posted by West Ender View Post
They may say the 30s but there was an incidence of smallpox in the Asian community in Bradford in 1961. I used to stay with my future in-laws, in Bradford, at the time and because of that my GP vaccinated me. I remember it well because some days later, when the scab came up, I felt quite poorly. I went back to see him (Dr. Stewart on Thwaites Rd., a Scotsman) and he said, puffing away on a fag, "Imagine having those all over your body, lassie, you'd probably snuff it."
I had my first shot in '65 and, like you, was really ill. I've been thinking recently that it wouldn't be a bad idea to get another booster just to be on the safe side.
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