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The BCG vaccine is given to infants in many countries but it is only effective for children, apparently, not so much in adults etc. It seems to be good at preventing tb meningitis, pulmonary tb, and miliary tb in children. It is given to infants in many countries with high incidence of tb including Europe.The Us, Switzerland and Spain don't give it. Here it is not used due to there being very little tb now and because it is not as effective in adults maybe, however children could still get it. I remember a friend of a friend at college had it and her fiance was worried she would catch it from them.

My Uncle, who was a pulmonologist, told us not to get BCG vaccine because it makes it hard to tell if you had been exposed and were at risk for tb, it can cause false positives. I remember getting tested for it every year as a child.

BGC vaccine is also being studied now for other things such as treatment for type 1 diabetes. The doctor doing that research and trials also found maybe during the pandemic that it helped prevent covid infection in type 1 diabetics. It is used as a treatment for bladder cancer and it may help prevent other cancers such as leukemia and lung cancer as well as help overall immunity to diseases/viruses.