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minus-squareDucks@ducks.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year agoTetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
minus-squareTar_alcaran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoMy 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.
minus-squareLev_Astov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’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.
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd what are the dead tetanus bacterium made of? Chemicals 😜
Tetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
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.
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.
And what are the dead tetanus bacterium made of? Chemicals 😜
It’s chemicals all the way down!