Recent content by scruffy

CDC says routine vax stopped in '72. Either way, no scar would place him almost certainly not born prior to that. Well, maybe 71 because I think it was given at one year old. But for people speculating that he's 35, I just don't see it unless he was born outside of the U.S. or Canada.

Hmm. Looks like many other countries gave bcg routinely. Something else to keep in mind.

Thanks. If he doesn't have one, I would say he pretty much couldn't have been born in the U.S. or Canada before 1972, and I could easily be wrong about when Canada stopped them. Either way, I'd put his upper age at 29 if he's from one of the two. Vaccine refusals were quite rare back then. I'm...

Coming out of lurkerhood with a question. I've read all the threads over the last year or so, but don't recall seeing this. Does he have a smallpox vaccine scar? That would help narrow his age, as I know some have thought he's older or younger than the range. U.S. And Canada both stopped this...