I was also born in 51. First vaccine I remember was for small pox. It left a circular scar a little smaller than a dime for most of us. Some unfortunate children were left with a weird warty bubble like thing for life. The next I remember was in Jr. High, and it wasn’t a shot. They put the polio vaccine into a sugar cube, which we ate. This was rural Northwest Florida.
I was also born in 51. First vaccine I remember was for small pox. It left a circular scar a little smaller than a dime for most of us. Some unfortunate children were left with a weird warty bubble like thing for life. The next I remember was in Jr. High, and it wasn’t a shot. They put the polio vaccine into a sugar cube, which we ate. This was rural Northwest Florida.
I am basically of your era, Willing - the smallpox vaccination left an ugly scar on my right arm for many years...I haven't checked lately--LOL! The Salk vaccine for polio was an injection and we lined up in the hallways in school and dutifully got our free vaccinations - all 3 of them. The "booster" I got in my adult years was the Sabin oral polio vaccine. I have also gotten the older version of the shingles vaccine because--even though I had a shingles outbreak prior to getting the vaccine--I was told the vaccine will lessen the severity of the shingles outbreak (which is excruciatingly painful). Tetanus shots--I've had 2 of them as a result of being cut by dirty cutting tools...that will be "it" for this chickie. I have NO NEED for anymore "vaccines" as I bolster my immune system with a high-grade probiotic, quercetin//bromelain supplement, Vitamin D3/K2 and zinc picolinate on a daily basis--even in the summertime.
I was also born in 51. First vaccine I remember was for small pox. It left a circular scar a little smaller than a dime for most of us. Some unfortunate children were left with a weird warty bubble like thing for life. The next I remember was in Jr. High, and it wasn’t a shot. They put the polio vaccine into a sugar cube, which we ate. This was rural Northwest Florida.
I am basically of your era, Willing - the smallpox vaccination left an ugly scar on my right arm for many years...I haven't checked lately--LOL! The Salk vaccine for polio was an injection and we lined up in the hallways in school and dutifully got our free vaccinations - all 3 of them. The "booster" I got in my adult years was the Sabin oral polio vaccine. I have also gotten the older version of the shingles vaccine because--even though I had a shingles outbreak prior to getting the vaccine--I was told the vaccine will lessen the severity of the shingles outbreak (which is excruciatingly painful). Tetanus shots--I've had 2 of them as a result of being cut by dirty cutting tools...that will be "it" for this chickie. I have NO NEED for anymore "vaccines" as I bolster my immune system with a high-grade probiotic, quercetin//bromelain supplement, Vitamin D3/K2 and zinc picolinate on a daily basis--even in the summertime.
I’m likewise done with vaccines and focused on building a strong immune system.