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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tetanus is fucking terrifying. I'm happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My last tetanus shot hurt for 3 weeks straight. But I ended up not breaking my spine with muscle convulsions, so I think it's a pretty good trade off.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's probably on whoever gave you the shot. If you hit fat or a tendon with an IM shot it hurts for a while.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not chemicals that protect from tetanus; it's the dead tetanus bacterium the vaccine contains that train the immune system to recognize the threat.

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