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To: Tired of Taxes
Then he contracted tetanus and received a second tetanus shot in the hospital.

It seems like it was part of the first aid routine in my family to get a fresh tetanus shot immediately after we bashed ourselves up. Waiting to get another tetanus shot until after you have got tetanus is obviously not going to help much. So if any of the posters have complained about anything... that would probably be numero uno.

18 posted on 03/08/2019 7:57:14 PM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15

In the old days, yes, people were vaccinated for tetanus right after stepping on a rusty nail, for example. Growing up, we all heard about that danger.

Now, without even stepping on a rusty nail, children are vaccinated for tetanus five times from infancy.

This boy reportedly had one tetanus shot before he was scraped up. Then, he was scraped up, and he contracted tetanus and was given a second shot in the hospital (as per the comments section). The commenters are criticizing the fact that he didn’t receive five shots before ever getting scraped up.

In other words, these days, your parents and mine would’ve been criticized for not getting us five tetanus shots long before we ever stepped on a rusty nail. That’s where it is today.


29 posted on 03/08/2019 8:34:45 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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