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If it's just informative and no card is necessary just say yes next time. Have her show you the vial before getting the shot. If you're very paranoid about this incident do an antibody at home test for like 40 bucks.
mell saysIf it's just informative and no card is necessary just say yes next time. Have her show you the vial before getting the shot. If you're very paranoid about this incident do an antibody at home test for like 40 bucks.
I am going to do this. Will this test tell me, for sure, if I was given the vax or not? If she slipped me the vax, what can I do about it? I imagine she could lie and say I told her I wanted it?
She asked when the last time it was that I’d gotten a tetanus shot. I agreed to the tetanus shot because it has probably been 20+ years since I've had one and because I was concerned I had not done a very good job dressing and cleaning the wound myself. After my wound was redressed, she asked which arm I wanted the vax on. I said, hey!! I don’t want the vax. I wagged my finger and said very sternly…tetanus only!!
"Tetanus? There's less than 10 cases a year in the United States, and when it does show up, it's in rural areas since tetanus tends to live in manure."
How can I know that, but you, a medical professional don't?
"You stupid bitch! Don't give me a vaccine that you know damned well I don't need, unless you're incompetent"
Now I’m all mindfucked over whether I received the vax or the tetanus shot.
Tetanus shots really make your arm sore. Much more than most others, so if your arm is really sore, it could be legit tetanus
point out the statistically likelihood of getting tetanus.
richwicks sayspoint out the statistically likelihood of getting tetanus.
The thing about this disease is, it's low-likelihood, but uncurable once contracted, and a slow, miserable, dramatic death is near certain. This is a jab whose risk/benefit I wholeheartedly embrace.
And as far as I know - a mandolin is a type of a guitar. Who the fuck slices vegetables with a guitar?
The evil has been so profound and pervasive that I'm sure there is nothing off limits for the vaxxers.
it's low-likelihood, but uncurable once contracted
Automan Empire saysrichwicks sayspoint out the statistically likelihood of getting tetanus.
The thing about this disease is, it's low-likelihood, but uncurable once contracted, and a slow, miserable, dramatic death is near certain. This is a jab whose risk/benefit I wholeheartedly embrace.
10% mortality rate, quite painful, is treatable with multiple methods once symptoms are presented.
I'd be curious what the mortality rate of Americans are once symptoms are presented. I bet it's been 0 since 1960.
I've lost count of how many times I've cut myself. I used to bike a lot, and I mean A LOT, I have scars from road rash. I should have gotten a tetanus shot each time according to a "medical professional". Go home, take a shower, scrub it down with soap and water to remove all the grit, then ...
Are you sure you're not thinking of rabies?
Yep, also the shots last a long time, about 20-30 years.
I cut off part of my thumb this past weekend while slicing veggies with a mandolin.
Karloff saysAre you sure you're not thinking of rabies?
I apparently was and appreciate the correction above.
mell saysYep, also the shots last a long time, about 20-30 years.
I've always heard 5 years. I've gotten a tet booster about every 5-7 years of my adult life because of my risk factor. Never fuss over superficial wounds. The worst infections I've gotten were from getting bitten or deeply scratched by feral cats I was taming. The "rusty nail" tetanus danger has nothing to do with the nail or the rust, it's a bacterium that can invade any breach of the skin.
tetanus shot is not instant protection. antibodies can take weeks to develop.
pretty good~
Now I’m all mindfucked over whether I received the vax or the tetanus shot.