• Ducks@ducks.dev
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    1 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

      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.

    • Lev_Astov@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.