{"id":138106,"date":"2019-03-09T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T07:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138106"},"modified":"2019-03-09T00:04:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T07:04:17","slug":"everybody-gets-tetanus-shots-right-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/09\/everybody-gets-tetanus-shots-right-wrong.html","title":{"rendered":"Everybody gets tetanus shots, right? Wrong."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in a family paranoid about tetanus. If there was any sort of potentially infection injury or puncture (especially, but not exclusively, the proverbial rusty nail), records were consulted as to when I got my last tetanus shot. Nobody ended up growing a second head, and nobody got tetanus, and it all seems perfectly natural to me.<\/p>\n<p>But I suppose I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised that anti-vaxxers include tetanus shots in their holy regimen of <em>Not Getting Vaccinated For Nuthin&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Still, I suppose I have to admire this particular anti-vaxxing family&#8217;s dedication when, after having seen their kid nearly die of tetanus, with treatment including a month in the hospital, a tracheotomy so that he didn&#8217;t suffocate, and another month of rehab &#8230; they\u00a0<em>still<\/em> refused to administer a tetanus shot for him.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike measles anti-vaxxers, this isn&#8217;t going to infect anyone else. On the other hand, the hospital stay cost over $800K, and someone (i.e., other insurance holders, one way or another) will end up paying for it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you want to know more?\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2019\/03\/08\/anti-vax-unvaccinated-child-tetanus-fights-life-oregon\/3101886002\/\">Anti-vax: Unvaccinated child with tetanus fights for life in Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138119\" title=\"vaccine3\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine3.jpg 362w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine3-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine3-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 85vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in a family paranoid about tetanus. If there was any sort of potentially infection injury or puncture (especially, but not exclusively, the proverbial rusty nail), records were consulted as to when I got my last tetanus shot. Nobody ended up growing a second head, and nobody got tetanus, and it all seems &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/09\/everybody-gets-tetanus-shots-right-wrong.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Everybody gets tetanus shots, right? Wrong.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[70,4],"tags":[1780],"class_list":["post-138106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-science","category-personal","tag-antivax"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vaccine3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11295,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/02\/lets_get_physical_3.html","url_meta":{"origin":138106,"position":0},"title":"Let&#8217;s Get Physical!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 2-Oct-07 9:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Had my Physical on Monday afternoon before rushing off to the airport.\u00a0 Long story short, after all the poking and prodding and peering, I have a fairly clean bill...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/health"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/bodybuilding.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10950,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/08\/today_is_the_first_day_of.html","url_meta":{"origin":138106,"position":1},"title":"Today is the first day of the rest of your life","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 8-May-07 3:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"You can certainly understand the decision to live the high life after being told you're going to die Real Soon Now -- and that it might be a bit disconcerting...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/health"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15153,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/08\/tweets-from-2009-07-08.html","url_meta":{"origin":138106,"position":2},"title":"Tweets from 2009-07-08","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Jul-09 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"RT @CourageCampaign Nearly 100,000 signed letter to Pelosi to support Lt.Choi and repeal Don't Ask,Don't Tell. Will you? http:\/\/bit.ly\/XUHCH # Did my first \"stay up later thsn I should\" bit last night. Mental housecleaning online. Real housecleaning tonight. # Getting excited abou #blogothon - eyeing reading material as to what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51819,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/23\/the-unspeakable-horrors-of-british-medical-care.html","url_meta":{"origin":138106,"position":3},"title":"The Unspeakable Horrors of British Medical Care","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 23-Jul-15 10:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"Or, not.As an N+1, my own after-hours experience after stupid hand injury on a vacation in the UK many years ago, echoes this. It wasn't bright and shiny and beautifully decorated, but the hospital I visited (for a tetanus shot, mostly) was efficient, effective, and (also to my surprise) free\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44344,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/an-er-visit-abroad.html","url_meta":{"origin":138106,"position":4},"title":"An ER Visit Abroad","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Aug-14 6:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"This person's experience with the NHS mirrors mine from a few decades back. I was in the UK, fell and seriously injured my hand, and we decided that I really needed it looked at and to get a tetanus shot.We found a local hospital where we were staying. 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