In message , Nick Maclaren
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In article ,
Helen Deborah Vecht writes:
| Martin typed
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| Yes that figures. I asked the Doc about tetanus injections and
| he said the same. Perhaps policy varies from place to place?
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| I think the guidelines issued to doctors apply throughout the UK.
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| Perhaps they just don't give a toss, maybe appearances aren't
| deceptive after all?
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| They might give a toss, though some vaccine supplies are difficult.

That is implausible in this case. It is more likely that they don't
have a clue on what the best strategy is.

Even those of us who can analyse risks can't do so without reliable
data, and it is vanishingly unlikely that there is much of that in
this case. In any case, very, very few such policies are based on
a proper analysis of proper information - though the most serious
mistaken policies will eventually get changed when it is impossible
to ignore that they are harmful any longer.

Um. TB worries me more than tetanus.
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June Hughes