4 reasons why you don't need a tetanus shot

Vaccination has been in the news a lot lately, and for all the wrong reasons as always. This week there has been the case of a young girl who contracted tetanus. As usual it's being used to convince us all to vaccinate, but tetanus is much more complex than many are aware. For starters it is not a transmissible disease. You cannot catch tetanus off someone.Doctors now give the tetanus shot (given as the combined Dtap) to patients for everything from dog bites to kitchen knife wounds. It is a com