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9. ...or people who engaged in certain foreign travel after 1972

Fri Aug 5, 2022, 11:58 AM

Aug 2022

Up to around 1981, it was still being used as a recommended vaccine for certain international travel.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837496/

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Is Monkeypox related to Smallpox? [View all] question everything Aug 2022 OP

Yes but... flamingdem Aug 2022 #1

The last smallpox outbreak in this country was 1948. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2022 #4

Yes, but articles I've seen say a booster may be needed SheltieLover Aug 2022 #5

Perhaps. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2022 #11

No most of us were not AkFemDem Aug 2022 #3

I did not know that! As a bommer I got all the vaccines in the late 40s and 50s question everything Aug 2022 #6

Me, too, except I got them in the 50s and 60s. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #15

...or people who engaged in certain foreign travel after 1972 Effete Snob Aug 2022 #9

Monkeypox philipcorndive Aug 2022 #12

Lots of studies claim smallpox shots last a lifetime womanofthehills Aug 2022 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2022 #14