Re: Need for tetanus vaccination

Here's why physicians are "pushing" for vaccination against tetanus.

There are only 50-100 cases of tetanus a year in the U.S. now, thanks to vaccination. Tetanus is far more common in developing countries (several hundred thousand cases annually worldwide). The effects of tetanus infection:

"Irritability, muscle cramps, sore muscles, weakness, or difficulty swallowing are commonly seen.

Facial muscles are often affected first. Trismus or lockjaw is most common. This condition results from spasms of the jaw muscles that are responsible for chewing. A sardonic smile—medically termed risus sardonicus—is a characteristic feature that results from facial muscle spasms.

Muscle spasms are progressive and may include a characteristic arching of the back known as opisthotonus (unbearably painful). Muscle spasms may be intense enough to cause your bones to break and your joints to dislocate.

Severe cases can involve spasms of the vocal cords or muscles involved in breathing. If this happens, death is likely, unless medical help is readily available."


http://www.emedicinehealth.com/tetanus/article_em.htm


Why would any wish this bad disease on children by leaving them unvaccinated, never mind the rest of the population?

As to claims made in this thread: 1) the tetanus vaccine does not contain mercury preservative. 2) The allegations about tetanus vaccine supposedly containing HcG to "sterilize" women in third world countries are false. Credulous, uneducated people in these countries have unjustified fears about vaccines. We should know better.
Here's a site with good information on dispelling this and other myths promoted by antivaxers:


http://www.pathguy.com/antiimmu.htm



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