Smallpox Vaccination

September 12, 2009

Here's a before and after shot of my smallpox vaccination and resulting scar:

They vaccinated us at Fort Benning before our Iraq deployment. Also a good shot of my masonic tattoo.

The vaccination was not very painful; it looked like they dipped a small nail in the vaccine, then pierced my arm with it three times in the same spot. They told us not to touch it, and when the scab fell off, we couldn't throw them in the trash. I can't remember what we had to do with them.

Well, as you can see, it only left a small scar.