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Old 29-07-2006, 06:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Tetanus every 5-10 years - Please Read - Important!


In article ,
Malcolm writes:
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| Who should we believe, the NHS, the Indians, or your somewhat alarmist
| (if I may say so) advice? Unless, of course, you are a qualified
| medic???

Why on earth would that make the slightest difference? None of those
organisations are at all reliable on such topics.

In my life, the dogmatically held belief (and it was usually that, and
not just a recommendation) has changed from every three years, to every
five years, to every ten years, to seven shots in all, to five shots in
all, to every ten years, to five shots in all to God knows what it is now.
And, as usual, few of the changes were based on looking at the statistics,
and none were based on a controlled experiment; some were openly admitted
to be economically or politically inspired.

Every year does seem excessive, and that wasn't the recommendation even
in 1950, but whether every five or ten, or five shots in all, is more of
a matter of guesswork than anything else.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.