Reply to: Ancient Diseases ravaging London.

[xoggoth]

Yeah, and everyone at school used to go round punching everyone in the upper arm when we all had the injection

During the middle ages they probably went round punching each other's buboes.

[Sysman]

Yeah, and everyone at school used to go round punching everyone in the upper arm when we all had the injection.

Flippin' hurt that did.

Yes it did hurt!

[Sysman]

Wasn't that smallpox? I can still see my smallpox scar, and my mother's is still obvious in her late 70s.

Those born after around 1979 don't have them, because that's when it was declared eradicated.

Yes, you could spot the smallpox scars on virtually everyone at the swimming baths.

There was actually quite a scare at one time. I remember folks queuing outside the local doctor's surgery.

[hyperD]

Yeah, and everyone at school used to go round punching everyone in the upper arm when we all had the injection.

Flippin' hurt that did.

[TimberWolf]

Wasn't that smallpox? I can still see my smallpox scar, and my mother's is still obvious in her late 70s.

Those born after around 1979 don't have them, because that's when it was declared eradicated.

Maybe. Swimming used to weal mine up many years after the injection.

[NickFitz]

Think that is the one that leaves you a scab/weal that takes years to heal up.

Wasn't that smallpox? I can still see my smallpox scar, and my mother's is still obvious in her late 70s.

Those born after around 1979 don't have them, because that's when it was declared eradicated.

[TimberWolf]

Think that is the one that leaves you a scab/weal that takes years to heal up.

[NickFitz]

I had the BCG thing with it not swelling up (or whatever it was that was the wrong result). All it meant was that I had to have a chest x-ray, and maybe a blood test, to confirm I wasn't infected. As soon as that came back clear they gave me the inoculation.

I think it must have been that, if you were infected and got the inoculation, it could cause the dormant condition to flare up into a more serious outbreak, but IANAD so I'm not certain about that. It was 37 years ago after all

[SupremeSpod]

Mr Spod, I have a Nick Griffin, line one for you.

Your stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Keep it up.

[xoggoth]

Just one of several health problems that are very significantly increased as a consequence of poorly controlled immigration from third world/developing nations that we pick up the bill for. From serious ones like HIV, birth defects, liver/breast/mouth cancer and psychosis to more common ones like Hypertension.

We aren't supposed to mention it of course and the really absurd thing is that Home Office reports that "prove" the benefits of immigrants totally ignore the government's own stats and assume health needs based solely on age. No dafter than ignoring any impact of their children on our schools or all the other omissions I suppose.

[BlasterBates]

Oh I remember having the TB skin test and try to "will" the red spots into welling up so that I could get out of having the injection; I suppose if they had welled up I'd been off to the hospital for some far worse treatment.

[Sysman]

Surely that was an inactive strain rather than "live" TB though?

Aye, I couldn't be arsed to look it up first time round:

What is the tuberculosis skin test?

[JamJarST]

I remember the TB jabs from my schooldays. They gave you a small dose first and waited a few days to see what your reaction was. If the reaction wasn't normal you didn't get the full jab, There was one lad in my class who reacted that way.

Surely that was an inactive strain rather than "live" TB though?

[Sysman]

Storm in a teacup - In some parts of the World a fair proportion of people (I forget the exact number, but perhaps anything up to a half) are infected by TB bacteria, but these just lie dormant indefinitely except in a few cases where the person's immunity is reduced by other factors such as malnutrtition or disease. Probably at least 10% of people in the UK are infected; but only a tiny fraction will ever develop active TB.

I remember the TB jabs from my schooldays. They gave you a small dose first and waited a few days to see what your reaction was. If the reaction wasn't normal you didn't get the full jab, There was one lad in my class who reacted that way.

[OwlHoot]

Ancient Killer Bug Thrives in Shadow of London

TB.

Becoming rife. ...

Storm in a teacup - In some parts of the World a fair proportion of people (I forget the exact number, but perhaps anything up to a half) are infected by TB bacteria, but these just lie dormant indefinitely except in a few cases where the person's immunity is reduced by other factors such as malnutrtition or disease. Probably at least 10% of people in the UK are infected; but only a tiny fraction will ever develop active TB.