Something silly and sort of scary for a Sunday morning.
I (as Mira Grant) was asking to put together a list of potential pandemics for Buzzfeed. I like anything that gives me an excuse to wallow in delicious virology, so...
Yeah, not even the military vaccinates for small pox anymore - they haven't since the mid 80s. The only people that get that vaccine now are people that actually work in labs where there's a chance of contact.
I know. My OCD plus knowing people who can't be vaccinated because of medical reasons (my sister doesn't have ANY noticeable antibodies a year after she gets a vaccine, so she has to get revaccinated for everything every year, plus she's immunocompromised), makes me want to make 'vaccinate everyone for everything, just in case' public policy. Not something that's ever going to happen, but it does explain why I get ragey when my coworker says she never gets the flu shot because she's healthy and never gets the flu -__-
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