You seem to be willfully misunderstanding the sequence of events. The kid did not get a tetanus shot immediately after his injury and was actually “stitched up” by a parent. Your parents and mine would have been criticized for not getting us a tetanus shot immediately after the injury especially when the child had not been getting his recommended boosters. Waiting until tetanus sets in before getting the shot is obviously ineffective. If a doctor or nurse made this kind of decision they would lose their license and be sued into oblivion. The parents were negligent, but parents are allowed to make stupid decisions in our society.
Think about this, the company I worked for required I get a physical every two years. I went to one and the nurse asked me “when did you get your last tetanus shot?” I said “beats me”. She asked if I wanted one? I stick myself with fish hooks, stab myself with old barb wire, and etc sometimes so I said yeah. She whips out a syringe from her pocket and gives me a booster shot. Said I needed one every 7 to 10 years. I was around 40 years old back then. She had 4 or 5 of those shots in her pocket. I always thought that was funny. Dad was as bad about it as her.
They only gave him one round of the childhood shot and a booster shot used to prevent/treat tetanus in someone not properly vaccinated.
I see now that both shots were given in the hospital (?).
But, the point is that, in the old days, parents brought their children to the hospital for a tetanus shot after they were injured - right? You weren't given a series of tetanus shots as an infant long before you were ever injured - correct?
Today, children are expected to receive a schedule of 5 tetanus shots (that also include pertussis and diphtheria) beginning as newborn babies:
1st shot - Age 2 months
2nd shot - Age 4 months
3rd shot - Age 6 months
4th shot - Age 15-18 months
5th shot - Age 4-6 years
The commenters on that article are complaining that the child didn't receive that tetanus shot schedule of 5 shots before he was 5 years old.
By the way, I don't think doctors ever gave me a tetanus shot, even though I had cuts requiring stitches many times as a child. (I'm not anti-vax, by the way, just anti-mandatory-vax.)