{"id":8865,"date":"2025-03-19T20:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:46:22","slug":"smallpox-vaccine-scars-what-they-look-like-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8865","title":{"rendered":"Smallpox vaccine scars: What they look like and why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090301\/shutterstock_2160343847-1-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090301\/shutterstock_2160343847-1-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090301\/shutterstock_2160343847-1-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090301\/shutterstock_2160343847-1-412x216.jpg 412w\" alt=\"Smallpox scar. 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It sits high up, close to her shoulder, taking the appearance of what looks like a ring of small indents in her skin around a larger indent.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"ozrcf69f64131e8e4e\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.ozrcf69f64131e8e4e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.ozrcf69f64131e8e4e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.ozrcf69f64131e8e4e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.ozrcf69f64131e8e4e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.ozrcf69f64131e8e4e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Don\u2019t ask me why that specifically attracted my attention all those years ago; I don\u2019t remember. I recall only that it did, but as is so often the case, I sort of forgot it existed over the following years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-104e7ba364fe5a818e22387f0dc53221\" class=\"newsner-104e7ba364fe5a818e22387f0dc53221 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-1542021413\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\" data-flags=\"{}\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"n8197APC8KL8\" data-isready=\"true\" data-autoplaynextremainingtime=\"0\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-content-layer\">\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-head-layer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-poster-layer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img alt=\"\" \/><img alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-timeline-layer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-subtitle-layer\">\n<div class=\"bb-subtitledisplay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-commercial-layer\">\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-head-layer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-skin-layer bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\">\n<div class=\"bb-skin-container phase-init svelte-ft9qq1 playing\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"0\" data-cy=\"skin-mode-main\" aria-label=\"Blue Billywig Video Player\">\n<div class=\"cols-container svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"main-col svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"overlays svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"loading-overlay no-padding svelte-ft9qq1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"keyboard-feedback no-padding svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"center-controls skinsize-S svelte-gpabtz\">\n<div class=\"left-right-button-container left svelte-gpabtz\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"left-right-spacer-container svelte-gpabtz\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"center-button-container svelte-gpabtz\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"left-right-spacer-container svelte-gpabtz\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"left-right-button-container right svelte-gpabtz\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"logo-overlay svelte-ft9qq1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chrome svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"top-container svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"header-area svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"top-bar svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"metadata-wrapper svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"metadata svelte-ft9qq1\" role=\"contentinfo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-button bar-button svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"button-content svelte-p1twrl\">\n<div class=\"normal slot-content svelte-p1twrl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"toggled slot-content svelte-p1twrl\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button-tooltip-bridge svelte-p1twrl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"button-tooltip svelte-p1twrl\">\n<div class=\"tooltip svelte-cqgi39\">\n<div class=\"tooltip-content left svelte-cqgi39\">\n<div class=\"text svelte-cqgi39\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"center-controls-layer svelte-ft9qq1\">\n<div class=\"center-controls skinsize-S svelte-sigv4p\">\n<div class=\"big-button big-play-pause-button svelte-sigv4p\">\n<div class=\"button-content svelte-p1twrl\">\n<div class=\"normal slot-content svelte-p1twrl\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"toggled slot-content svelte-p1twrl\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"center-area svelte-ft9qq1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chrome-bottom-shadow svelte-ft9qq1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"overlays svelte-ft9qq1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-context-layer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well, obviously I didn\u2019t forget it existed (it\u2019s still in the same place it always was, of course), but I\u00a0<em>did\u00a0<\/em>forget that at one point in time I was fascinated with what had caused it. Perhaps I asked my mother once and she explained. If she did, though, I forgot that as well.<\/p>\n<p>That was until I helped an elderly woman off of a train one summer a few years back, and I happened to catch sight of the very same scar, in the very same place as my mother\u2019s. Needless to say my interest was piqued, but with the train about to rumble on to my destination, I couldn\u2019t exactly ask her about the origins of her scar.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I called my mother, and she revealed that she in fact told me more than once \u2013 obviously my brain didn\u2019t deem the answer important enough information to retain \u2013 and that her scar had come courtesy of the famous smallpox vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Smallpox\u00a0is a viral, infectious disease that once terrorized us humans. It causes a significant skin rash and fever, and during the most rampant outbreaks in the 20th century, killed an estimated 3 out of 10 victims according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/smallpox\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. Many other sufferers were left disfigured.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-12f2e1dd561c0ef4f404005c38c720ed\" class=\"newsner-12f2e1dd561c0ef4f404005c38c720ed\">\n<div id=\"newsner-1775401552\">\n<div id=\"94a0255c-13ae-4b1f-8e98-1df7b45c6dbc\" class=\"pbs\" data-pbs-root=\"true\" data-pbs-position=\"static\" data-pbs-device=\"desktop\" data-pbs-video-title=\"true\" data-pbs-sticky=\"bottom-right\" data-pbs-size=\"medium-large\" data-pbs-logo-pos=\"right\" data-pbs-content=\"playing\" data-pbs-player=\"content\" data-pbs-slot=\"ended\" data-pbs-content-type=\"mcd\" data-pbs-hover=\"false\">\n<div id=\"exp_75c66090-e876-4505-8bba-61c557f448d4-placeholder\" class=\"exco_sticky-placement\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"exp_75c66090-e876-4505-8bba-61c557f448d4\" class=\"pbs__player shown\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\">\n<div id=\"video1873101740e1dec22c-b884-4ac0-bf21-ae3b6d51b9b0\" class=\"pb-stream\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div id=\"__exco_root_container\" class=\" __exco_desktop __exco_root_container\">\n<div class=\"__exco_content_container __exco_video-background\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"__exco_ad_container_static_ima_0\" class=\"__exco_ad_container\">\n<div>\n<p>Thanks to a successful, widespread implementation of the smallpox vaccine, the virus was declared \u201cextinct\u201d in the United States in 1952. In fact, in 1972, smallpox vaccines ceased to be a part of routine vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p>Up until the early \u201970s, though, all children were vaccinated against smallpox, and the vaccinations left behind a very clear mark. Think of it as the very first vaccine passport, if you will: a scar that told everyone you had been successfully vaccinated against smallpox.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-2109596808\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_159456_1\" class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CKW8tMeBl4wDFcST_Qcd1ekXKg\">\n<p>And yep, you guessed it, it\u2019s that very scar that my mother bears (just as virtually all others in her age range).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-did-the-smallpox-vaccine-scar\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did the smallpox vaccine scar?<\/h2>\n<p>The smallpox vaccine caused scars due to the body\u2019s healing process. The vaccine itself was delivered in a rather different way to many other vaccines given today, using a special two-pronged needle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-159474\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090253\/shutterstock_2160343847-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090253\/shutterstock_2160343847-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090253\/shutterstock_2160343847-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090253\/shutterstock_2160343847-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/11\/20090253\/shutterstock_2160343847-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smallpox scar. Credit \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The person administering the vaccine made multiple punctures in the skin (rather than just the one you usually get with today\u2019s vaccines) to deliver the vaccine to the skin\u2019s dermis (the layer below the epidermis).<\/p>\n<p>The virus within the vaccine then got to work, multiplying and causing round bumps to develop. The bumps then developed into vesicles (small, fluid-filled blisters), which would then burst and scab over in time.<\/p>\n<p>The result is the infamous scar we\u2019ve talked about in this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"exp-ui\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__wrapper falcon exp-ui__state__hovered exp-ui__wrapper__clickable\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__toolbar-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__toolbar\">\n<div class=\"toolbar__left\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__common-button exp-ui__prev-button exp-ui__state__shown\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-label=\"Previous\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smallpox scar. Credit \/ Shutterstock I have a clear memory of noticing a distinct scar on my mother\u2019s arm when I was a child. 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