Around 2001 I was working on a Navy ship in San Diego. I was helping a welder read the installation prints for the foundations of a new rack and set the foundation in place. It had been cleaned, welded together, primed and painted, except around the base that was left bare for welding. When setting it in place, I cut my left hand near the palm. It was bleeding profusely so I used napkins and electrical tape to close it up. An Officer came by and saw the wound while I was cleaning up the blood. He asked what happened and then insisted I get medical attention. I capitulated, even though I knew it was fine. I went to a nearby hospital where my girlfriend worked. The nurse walked in and read me the riot act about needing a tetanus shot. I explained the circumstances of the cut and told her that I didn't need a tetanus booster. She left in a huff. The doctor came in and read me the same riot act. I explained that clostridium tetani was an anaerobic bacterium and does not exist in clean metal in a ship, sitting in the ocean because it wasn't around soil. He didn't get it. I walked out, went to Walgreens and bought hydrogen peroxide, gauze and medical tape. I fixed myself up nicely and went back to work. My boss asked me if I saw a doctor and I said that I had. I told him the whole story about a year later. We had a good laugh. Moral of the story, indoctrination runs deep and doctors are not the geniuses that they think they are. There was the tiniest and remote possibility that spores could have existed on the ship, but the magnitude of bleeding precluded any spores from getting into the wound. Be smart, do your own research.
And if they are really concerned about you picking up tetanus, giving you that vaccine at that time does nothing. You need the tetanus immune globulin. Ask them why they aren’t giving you that instead. 🙄
"... and doctors are not the geniuses that they think they are."
The hubris runs very deep. I once slighted a medical doctor after he arrogantly tried to impress me with his medical specialty. I responded by saying it sounded comparable to what repair technicians does. He smirked and assured me it was quite different and then explained to me more the reason why. I then replied by saying electronic technicians do the same thing. He got angry and walked away. There is really little difference than a repair technician and a medical doctor. Most of them cannot see outside the box. It's almost a Plato's cave imagery.
The electronics technician has an unfair advantage. He has natural Laws to back up his discipline. Ohm's Law is absolute and inviolate. Doctors' have "theories" and "practice", but very few absolutes. They just run around spouting their opinions like incontrovertible facts. Some doctors are more open minded and humble and admit that they don't have all the answers. I like them, but i still don't have a lot of use for them. I try to stick to natural and traditional cures. When and if they ever fail, I may look for as close to a naturopath doctor as I can find.
Around 2001 I was working on a Navy ship in San Diego. I was helping a welder read the installation prints for the foundations of a new rack and set the foundation in place. It had been cleaned, welded together, primed and painted, except around the base that was left bare for welding. When setting it in place, I cut my left hand near the palm. It was bleeding profusely so I used napkins and electrical tape to close it up. An Officer came by and saw the wound while I was cleaning up the blood. He asked what happened and then insisted I get medical attention. I capitulated, even though I knew it was fine. I went to a nearby hospital where my girlfriend worked. The nurse walked in and read me the riot act about needing a tetanus shot. I explained the circumstances of the cut and told her that I didn't need a tetanus booster. She left in a huff. The doctor came in and read me the same riot act. I explained that clostridium tetani was an anaerobic bacterium and does not exist in clean metal in a ship, sitting in the ocean because it wasn't around soil. He didn't get it. I walked out, went to Walgreens and bought hydrogen peroxide, gauze and medical tape. I fixed myself up nicely and went back to work. My boss asked me if I saw a doctor and I said that I had. I told him the whole story about a year later. We had a good laugh. Moral of the story, indoctrination runs deep and doctors are not the geniuses that they think they are. There was the tiniest and remote possibility that spores could have existed on the ship, but the magnitude of bleeding precluded any spores from getting into the wound. Be smart, do your own research.
And if they are really concerned about you picking up tetanus, giving you that vaccine at that time does nothing. You need the tetanus immune globulin. Ask them why they aren’t giving you that instead. 🙄
^This
The hubris runs very deep. I once slighted a medical doctor after he arrogantly tried to impress me with his medical specialty. I responded by saying it sounded comparable to what repair technicians does. He smirked and assured me it was quite different and then explained to me more the reason why. I then replied by saying electronic technicians do the same thing. He got angry and walked away. There is really little difference than a repair technician and a medical doctor. Most of them cannot see outside the box. It's almost a Plato's cave imagery.
The electronics technician has an unfair advantage. He has natural Laws to back up his discipline. Ohm's Law is absolute and inviolate. Doctors' have "theories" and "practice", but very few absolutes. They just run around spouting their opinions like incontrovertible facts. Some doctors are more open minded and humble and admit that they don't have all the answers. I like them, but i still don't have a lot of use for them. I try to stick to natural and traditional cures. When and if they ever fail, I may look for as close to a naturopath doctor as I can find.