I don't want to debate the pros and cons of any other vaccine. I am curious as to how those who are opposed to vaccines such as flu, chicken pox, Gardasil, for whatever reason, (too new, not enough known about long-term effects, disease isn't that bad why risk complications from vaccine, etc) feel about Tetanus vaccine.
The reason I ask is because it is a vaccine that's been around a LONG time, so none of the objections I hear about the vaccines I listed above seem to apply, plus the fact that no one could argue that tetanus is sometimes a benign disease.
However, I've seen the range of everything from hesitantly refusing to adamantly opposing (more of the latter here recently, it seems...) Gardasil, flu, and VZV (chickenpox) and it made me curious as to how those opposed to these feel about tetanus.
Please only vote in the poll if you have refused (or would refuse if it were offered to you/your children) a vaccine.
ETA - Tetanus vaccine is recommended for EVERYONE every ten years, for life. A booster dose is recommended if injury occurrs more than 5 years after the last dose.
The reason I ask is because it is a vaccine that's been around a LONG time, so none of the objections I hear about the vaccines I listed above seem to apply, plus the fact that no one could argue that tetanus is sometimes a benign disease.
However, I've seen the range of everything from hesitantly refusing to adamantly opposing (more of the latter here recently, it seems...) Gardasil, flu, and VZV (chickenpox) and it made me curious as to how those opposed to these feel about tetanus.
Please only vote in the poll if you have refused (or would refuse if it were offered to you/your children) a vaccine.
ETA - Tetanus vaccine is recommended for EVERYONE every ten years, for life. A booster dose is recommended if injury occurrs more than 5 years after the last dose.
