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copteacher
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 Posted: 06/02/03 - 08:07 Post subject: We just got offered here at the po po
Voluntary smallpox vaccination shots.
I think no thanks for me. I am in the station most times any way. I have already talked with Robin and she was offered them too. No for both of us.
Any of you planning to get it when it becomes available for the general public?
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monk25
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 08:30 Post subject:
No Way! I would rather take my chances with smallpox. 
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copteacher
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 08:52 Post subject:
| monk25 wrote: | | No Way! I would rather take my chances with smallpox. |
that is what we thought. Even if infected, after the fact, the vaccination may still help considerably
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keltic63
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 09:28 Post subject:
ummmm, I think I had mine about 35 years ago..........
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kattzoo
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 10:15 Post subject:
I am a staunch believer in avoiding anything with a needle. (that's why I'll chicken out of a tattoo.)
I'd rather have smallpox. Needles terrify me.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 10:33 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | ummmm, I think I had mine about 35 years ago.......... |
 and like most people my age I have the scar to prove it. But I think the vacination wears off after a couple of decades.
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genie
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 11:37 Post subject:
| monk25 wrote: | | No Way! I would rather take my chances with smallpox. |
I never got the hepatitis ones either for the same reason.
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Cappy
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 12:06 Post subject:
Joe, we already have been vaccinated for it. Look on your upper left arm, the scar is there.
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copteacher
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Posted: 06/02/03 - 12:10 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | Joe, we already have been vaccinated for it. Look on your upper left arm, the scar is there. |
it expires after 10 years or so, this would be a booster
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