Hello Ward!

13 Jan 14 16:30, you wrote to me:


 WD> * An injection like against the flu already has the antibodies, the idea
 WD> is not to make you sick to create the antibodies but not to get sick
 WD> .... at all.
 WD> * Smallpox is good for 10 years, no need to have it every year. In
 WD> this case you get an actual weakened virus, not antibodies. Right now
 WD> the WHO has considered smallpox eradicated.

 My experience was in the fifties.

 WD> I have had such a coktail also in the military, and yes ... you do get
 WD> sick of that for a few days, but not because it is a bodily reaction
 WD> against a live (weakened) virus. It just reacts against the cocktail
 WD> itself.

 Wen I went into the militairy, my previous smallpox vaccinations were
 sufficient.

 WD> I remember feeling a little bit unwell for a short time and then we
 WD> decided to go play some sports. The uneasyness was quickly gone once one
 WD> became active. The real problem starts when getting such a cocktail and
 WD> "take some rest".

 The nextday sickness only lasted till after schooltime. ;)

Kees

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