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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