Get your DPT shot BEFORE stepping on a nail if you want -- if it appears to you that the risk of the disease is worse than the risk of the vaccine.
But my POINT HERE -- is don't give out useless DPT shots AFTER someone has stepped on a nail. It's all RISK and ZERO benefits.
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it's because the spors can be dormant. Thats why they ask if youve had a tetanus shot and when before they give another. so another booster would help. probably decide what type to give depending on if someone had one....If you come into contact with rabies, you get both the vaxxz and an immugobulin at the scene, since it spreads so fast...I mean, Im not a doctor...but...at least I read about the diseases/infections themselves. I dont think anti-vaxxers really do
Those who are against vaccination do plenty of reading, it is just unfortunately from sources, employing wild circular reasoning, amazingly poor experimental design, deceitful interpretation or general lack of scientific understanding. I understand that people get sucked into these theories, because on the surface they truly seem plausible. However if you scratch at all beyond the surface, or have any legitimate desire to think analytically about what it means to apply the scientific method to test hypotheses these sources fall apart.
Unfortunately the anti-vaccination stance falls in the same pile with all of the other ideas rooted in grand conspiracies and cover-ups. Concocted by those prone to paranoia, and perpetuated by others that enjoy the attention of becoming the spokespeople for a large group of followers eager to regurgitate what ever fulfills their confirmation biases.
Wow, that's a lot of fallacy from someone who takes every opportunity to tell everyone how educated you are.
I had a tetanus boost about three years ago after getting nipped in the foot by a dog. Not stepping on a nail.