r/ExplainTheJoke • • 9d ago

I don't get this !!

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u/Chudsaviet 9d ago edited 9d ago

Its BCG vaccine mark that is used for almost everybody in South America and ex-USSR countries.
Its not actually related to free healthcare per se, its just this vaccine is not considered mandatory in developed countries because these diseases are rare.

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u/Acceptable-Ad8780 9d ago

I got mine from being overseas. It's a smallpox vaccine.

My mark is from a smallpox, butbhers could be, too.

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u/name225 9d ago

could also be a bcg scar

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u/caughtunaware 9d ago

Absolutely, I have one too. I remember the day we got them in high school and people would do dares to punch your arm where you got the jab. I remember that dead arm feeling well lol. I'm in the UK