In the case of families with newborns who are planning to be vaccinated
against smallpox, would it not be logical to vaccinate the infant first of
all?  Maybe even only a couple of days before the others?
I don't remember when they stopped vaccinating newborns against smallpox.
Everyone I know who is my age or within a few years of it (mid-forties) has
a scar on the dorsal aspect of their left upper arm from the vaccination we
all got as brand new babies. Is there some reason this would be inadvisable
nowadays, if smallpox vaccination is being reconsidered?

Just wondering,
Rachel Myr
hoping she is still immune, in cold and snowy Kristiansand, Norway

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