DTaP is the childhood vaccine series. Only small children get it. It has a larger dose of the Diphtheria antigen (hence the capital D) and the Pertussis antigen (capital P). This provides a stronger immune stimulus to their developing immune systems, and has been proven to be both safe and effective for years.
Td is the booster to which you're referring. It is given every 10 years or if you have a traumatic incident where you come into contact with rusty metal or soil bacteria to protect you from the tetanus toxin. It, too, has been around for decades, widely given, and is both safe and effective.
Tdap is an adult combination vaccine. It contains the pertussis antigen at an adult dose, which is smaller than the childhood dose. It is recommended only 1 time per lifetime. One and done. We give it to pregnant women in order to have circulating antibodies around to transfer to their newborn via breast milk. The strategy is proven to save lives, and again, we've had these products for literally decades. We give it to pregnant women. It's safe and it works.
If you're curious as to why the d (small d, small dose) of diphtheria is still in the adult dose, the reason is that it amplifies the immune response, so you get better protection than from the tetanus antigen alone. There are a fair number of other vaccines that are conjugated to (attached chemically to) to diphtheroid antigen specifically for this purpose - to give a stronger immunity.
Now, you may be offered Tdap as a booster. Nothing wrong with that. Most clinics or pharmacies simply don't want duplicate inventory by stocking both the Tdap and the Td, so they stock Tdap as the single product for their adult patient. It saves money and does not compromise your safety.
Just because the COVID vaccines are garbage doesn't mean the old, proven-successfully vaccines are garbage too. We don't throw out the clinical experience we have of literally decades of giving these shots to millions around the world simply because Pfizer and Moderna lied to try and corner the market on mRNA tech.
It, too, has been around for decades, widely given, and is both safe and effective.
Ho Lee Shit just keep quoting the Big Pharma line.
Two key points:
A) How were people not dropping like flies from tetanus before the vaccine? People come into contact with bacteria from soil literally every day of their lives.
B) There is common agreement in many studies now that shows that if you are given the vaccine for tetanus as a child, it is unlikely you will ever actually need it again in your life; the length of time continues to stretch with varied ongoing studies.
And you realize that jab causes stillbirth yet is recommended to pregnant women routinely and it has been laced withHCG to cause sterility in women in other countries without their knowledge of consent--how do we know they haven't been doing that in US with the dramatic increase in fertility problems.
Plus it's really not effective either. Doesn't work given post injury. Fully vaxed can still get tetanus. And why bother when tetanus is treatable with antibiotics. NONE of the old jabs are proven safe or effective. None have ever been tested against a true placebo. Nor has the schedule been tested.
Pasteurization kills the probiotics, leaves the mold. When legally mandating pasteurization, they only compared the rate of the specific illness caused by raw milk, and did not divulge the illnesses caused by pasteurized milk, which in fact are more common AND more severe. Pasteurization is just another scam.
I grew up on a farm, back before it was illegal to drink raw milk. (Yes, I am that old!)
When I was about 6, some farm in the county we lived in had a cow or two test positive for something they called “Bangs”. My dad got a home pasteurizer to pasteurize the great milk from our clean cows. I used to help at milking time.
I stopped drinking milk, because the pasteurized milk tasted so terrible, no longer slightly sweet and refreshing, but kind of like burned rubber. I do not drink pasteurized milk today, and try to avoid commercial cheeses, except for sheep’s milk and goat milk cheeses, preferably raw!
Of course… that’s just me, and to each his own. I think sanitation, testing, and grass feeding is the way to go with our pasture animals, don’t feed them grains, and they won’t get sick!
Now, you may be offered Tdap as a booster. Nothing wrong with that. Most clinics or pharmacies simply don't want duplicate inventory by stocking both the Tdap and the Td, so they stock Tdap as the single product for their adult patient. It saves money and does not compromise your safety.
Just because the COVID vaccines are garbage doesn't mean the old, proven-successfully vaccines are garbage too. We don't throw out the clinical experience we have of literally decades of giving these shots to millions around the world simply because Pfizer and Moderna lied to try and corner the market on mRNA tech.
There is iirc evidence that tetanus boosters are unnecessary and that fears and cases of lockjaw were highly overhyped
Also what of the MRNA reformulated time proven vaxes coming down the pipe?
"Oh its just a tetanus shot" but it's Pfizer new MRNA tetanus shot?
Wouldn't regular exposure to soil bacteria keep us "immunized" against Tetanus?
Fuck every single vaccine. Hopelessly naive if you still think any of them are "safe and effective".
But, they are.
Upvoted for the information. Do with it what we will, it's important to have this part of the story, regardless.
I no longer believe this phrase.
Ho Lee Shit just keep quoting the Big Pharma line.
Two key points:
A) How were people not dropping like flies from tetanus before the vaccine? People come into contact with bacteria from soil literally every day of their lives.
B) There is common agreement in many studies now that shows that if you are given the vaccine for tetanus as a child, it is unlikely you will ever actually need it again in your life; the length of time continues to stretch with varied ongoing studies.
And you realize that jab causes stillbirth yet is recommended to pregnant women routinely and it has been laced withHCG to cause sterility in women in other countries without their knowledge of consent--how do we know they haven't been doing that in US with the dramatic increase in fertility problems. Plus it's really not effective either. Doesn't work given post injury. Fully vaxed can still get tetanus. And why bother when tetanus is treatable with antibiotics. NONE of the old jabs are proven safe or effective. None have ever been tested against a true placebo. Nor has the schedule been tested.
Or drinking unpasteurized milk. I live in a rural area and I see lots of cows. They are not the cleanest animals.
Pasteurization kills the probiotics, leaves the mold. When legally mandating pasteurization, they only compared the rate of the specific illness caused by raw milk, and did not divulge the illnesses caused by pasteurized milk, which in fact are more common AND more severe. Pasteurization is just another scam.
I grew up on a farm, back before it was illegal to drink raw milk. (Yes, I am that old!)
When I was about 6, some farm in the county we lived in had a cow or two test positive for something they called “Bangs”. My dad got a home pasteurizer to pasteurize the great milk from our clean cows. I used to help at milking time.
I stopped drinking milk, because the pasteurized milk tasted so terrible, no longer slightly sweet and refreshing, but kind of like burned rubber. I do not drink pasteurized milk today, and try to avoid commercial cheeses, except for sheep’s milk and goat milk cheeses, preferably raw!
Of course… that’s just me, and to each his own. I think sanitation, testing, and grass feeding is the way to go with our pasture animals, don’t feed them grains, and they won’t get sick!