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[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The target of my criticism was doctor's innumeracy, not vaccines

This guy makes a compelling argument. He should go visit the Titanic wreckage in a cheap submarine, I hear only 5 people have died from visiting that wreck using a poor sub in the last 2 years

Beyond being a lolbertarian, this bozo makes a great case for aggressively disregarding all work they've produced in just 2 tweets lmao

[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago

act like a child
get treated like a child

shocked-pikachu

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

I know a lolbertarian who loves to go on about “actually rusty nails don’t cause tetanus, it’s a bacteria” motherfucker where does this shit like to live? Oh, rusty nails? Fuck, I hate him

[-] D61@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dirt... it lives in the dirt. Rusty nails just make it easier to get the bacteria deep enough into you to increase the chances it will cause an infection.

Get your tetanus shots people, TETANUS IS ALREADY IN THE HOUSE!

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

I think it's spores in soil, the rusty nail just happens to be in the soil and provide the perfect delivery method

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[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 63 points 2 months ago

Come on Tetanus, you have the chance to do something really funny timmy-pray

[-] miz@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

dying from tetanus is horrific, your muscles gradually lock up over the course of days until you can't breathe

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

smuglord But only two people a year die from Tetanus and do I look like a two?

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 49 points 2 months ago

I heard most countries follow something called “The American Index,” where they go to the doctors to get checked for every condition that Americans proudly and boastfully ignore every year.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 48 points 2 months ago

This man must be a true indoorsman to have never had to worry about whether the nail you just stepped on or whatever metal thing you cut your hand on might cause tetanus.

[-] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Well yhea, he's never been outside.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

Shit when did I get my last booster?

"I refused the tetanus booster" is the most "I don't know how to use a power drill" bs imaginable.

Didn't thoreau's brother die from a shaving nick?

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

People used to die from severe acne, so probably!

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Is this serious or do you mean smallpox?

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Bad enough acne can get infected

Especially when hygiene isn't a priority

Bad enough infection can kill you

Probably not as prolifically as smallpox, but it definitely happens

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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

inshallah unlimited tetanus on Bryan Caplan

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

Pfft, why would I bother eating a diet rich in vitamin C or taking supplements for it?

Nobody gets scurvy these days. I'm not a pirate in the 1650s or some sailor from the 1800s. Get real.

[-] Tom742@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

This dipshit also flew in a plane to get a vaccine, what dumbass would admit that. What a self own.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

People think that tetanus is something that you get from stepping or being cut deeply by something rusty, its not.

Its just a thing that lives in dirt. Its all the rusty pointy metal things (farm implements, rusted out vehicles, places where boards full of exposed nail points are all over the place) we used to play with, on, or around that made it more likely that tetanus bacteria would get stuck in ya' often enough and deep enough to take hold. And more often than not, its was poor people who couldn't afford to lose kids or pay for advanced medical treatment being told to be afraid of tetanus from playing around rusty metal.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the rusty pointy metal things (farm implements, rusted out vehicles, places where boards full of exposed nail points are all over the place) we used to play with, on, or around

I don't know if this is me being unbelievably young or privileged but I literally have never had to even consider worrying about something like this? Where the hell are people that this is something that's frequently relevant to their lives?

Were kids in the 80s just like, "oh boy I got a bag of rusty nails for my birthday, can't wait to bring this on my field trip to the no-shoes-allowed junk yard and then take a nap inside the nearest farmer's antique threshing machine?"

Where are you guys finding all this rust to play with and lead paint chips to eat?

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

As kids we used to break into construction sites to steal planks and nails for our tree houses.

sans-shrug ug

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 months ago

There's also old, rusty playground equipment.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

agony-limitless Unlimited death to america. Truly no infrastructure is left un-neglected.

[-] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Were kids in the 80s just like, "oh boy I got a bag of rusty nails for my birthday, can't wait to bring this on my field trip to the no-shoes-allowed junk yard and then take a nap inside the nearest farmer's antique thereshing machine?"

Tagline material.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

rural america, shit probably urban in some areas. I lived in the sticks for a period and there were a lot of old abandoned farm implements in the woods that were absolutely rusted out

[-] Moss@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

I grew up in rural Ireland and nearly everything was rusty. Half of the cities were rusty tbh, anywhere outside of the city centres is not that well-maintained.

But I grew up in the 2000s and when I wasn't allowed to play video games I would just start exploring farm equipment and playing with hammers. I guess it just depends on your environment

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

the u.s. is full to bursting of rotted out houses, farms, equipment, etc

go to any small town and there's a good shot you'll see more shacks than houses

[-] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Yes though it did/do be like that in many parts of America. I remember my father telling me about his friend who died playing in silos in Nebraska as kids. Not rust but ya kids be playing on old and new farming equipment alike.

[-] chicory@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

running around without shoes as a kid is how I learned about tetanus!

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I was playing football in a field with an old barbed wire fence and the quarterback was a little inaccurate while I was a little overzealous. I waited in the ER for several hours like a good American, mostly because I was at work and they made me.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Playing in subdivisions where the outer areas weren't fully built, playing in alleyways between houses that would become dumping grounds for random things after a decade of occupation, kids building "club houses" with whatever scraps of lumber and nails we could steal from other houses back yards or early stages of construction, having friends who lived in rural areas where we'd play/wander in barns and abandoned houses. We'd break bottles and have rock rights for funsies, too.

But for the most part, the tetanus from rusty metal things is like from the early 1900's that just got passed down, out of context, as a matter of fact.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I grew up in a fairly sterile environment because I had/have a dogshit immune system so my only context for any of this is that one episode of Arthur where he fucking fillets his knee open on a rusty can.

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[-] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

And you can also get it from say a knife from somewhere with no rust or dirt immediately visible. I cut my finger pretty deep while processing meat in a commercial kitchen, the first thing I was sent to do was to get a tetanus booster since it was over 10 years from my previous one. Also was smart to have it as a gym instructor, you don't want to not have it in that environment, gym equipment is nasty.

[-] context@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

a non-contagious disease, about 2/3rds of americans are vaccinated, which they need like once every 10 years, and it still kills 2 million per year

yeah, it's the entire medical community that's innumerate and not the dipshit libertarian academic

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 53 points 2 months ago

Not 2 million. 2.

But mostly it only kills 2 a year because when people get a cut or injury that might cause tetanus, they are given a booster which helps prevent them from getting it. So this guy is still a dumbass. It's a completely survivable illness because it's so easy to prevent, not because it's not dangerous.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It kills 2 Americans per year. About 50,000 people worldwide die every year from tetanus, all of whom did not receive a booster.

This dumbfuck really wants to be #3.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

Oh yes sorry. The OP was talking about how many Americans it killed so I left that out. Can definitely see how that's not clear. I think if anything the fact that its so deadly abroad is even further proof that the booster absolutely works.

[-] context@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

yeah, even if it's 2...

i got an infection after stepping on something years ago and the doc asked if i'd like a tetanus booster since i hadn't gotten one in over a decade, and i was like, shouldn't you be encouraging me to get one? yes, give me the booster shot!

[-] AutoVomBizMarkee@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

So I asked for it the last time I had a doctor’s appointment since I had actually recently cut myself (nothing major) doing repairs on my ancient house. He had to document my injury for the “health system” to even allow it. I then got a letter from my insurance a month later to see where I hurt myself, was it someone else’s property, was I suing someone over it etc etc etc. All over a tetanus shot. I think that’s why they don’t try to be loose with them. Best healthcare system in the world.

[-] context@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

oops, not sure how i misread that

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

I also misread it and had to look it up because I was surprised tetanus killed so many people every year.

[-] context@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

mandela effect or did @Posadas@hexbear.net edit the screenshot after tricking us into reading the original that said 2 million?

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

They wouldn't let an actual idiot be professor of art history or mathematics. Yet more proof that bougie economy is not a science.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Somebody archive this for when he dies of Tetanus.

[-] Procapra@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

I mean, I'm kinda with him on this. Its not like he's gonna give me tetanus by not getting vaccinated. If he wants to roll the dice, let him.

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 months ago

That's true but there is also no downside of getting it when one can afford it.

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[-] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

I've seen this so many times but I never stop being amazed at how the average economist thinks he knows more about most other fields than actual experts.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

In a just world, tweeting this would get a firing squad sent to your door.

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