Adults largely don't need #tetanus, #diphtheria vaccine boosters, researchers say Childhood vaccination has ensured that diphtheria and tetanus are "incredibly rare," the authors say. www.cidrap.umn.edu/d... Photo: Blake Patterson / Flickr cc
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Thought tetanus was associated with dementia? Aren't adult vaxx protective?
jul 16, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Measles used to be “incredibly rare” too. But seriously, how do these ignorant assholes keep getting a platform?
jul 17, 2025, 3:12 am • 0 0 • view
Our community had a pertussis outbreak, my previous tetanus booster didn’t include pertussis so I got Tdap… my parents were in the same boat, but got pertussis while visiting. Whooping cough is the worst.
jul 16, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Sure except that’s the only way adults can get vaccinated for whooping cough aka pertussis
jul 16, 2025, 8:43 pm • 1 0 • view
TYVM but I will get my Tdap on schedule. Stop vaccinating and those 'rare' diseases just pop right back up. You may have heard of measles, perhaps? Or flu? Or COVID?
jul 17, 2025, 2:40 am • 0 0 • view
Thank you for this information. Risks to travel, some activities, and occupational cautions should not be neglected. For example, tetanus in South East Asia and other parts of the world remain a cautionary tale.
jul 16, 2025, 11:46 pm • 1 0 • view
This regime needs to understand risk reward!
jul 16, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Second line “if uptake of childhood vaccines stays high” - Whelp, there goes that 🫤
jul 16, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Um, I have been told that tetanus is in the environment. This doesn't seem to me something that we can thwart with herd immunity.
jul 16, 2025, 9:26 pm • 0 0 • view
👍
jul 17, 2025, 2:38 am • 0 0 • view