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Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot?
by hammock 4mo ago
Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot?
- runjake 4mo agoNo, because trench foot is something not treatable by vaccines. However, we did receive a lot of training in how to avoid and treat it, along with better equipment. Does that count as a “vaccine”?
- actionfromafar 4mo agoIt depends on if trench foot treatment is woke or not.
- hammock 4mo ago> Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot? > No, because trench foot is something not treatable by vaccines. Isn’t that tautological? History and the future are full of things that can be treated with a vaccine that were not previously.
- Starman_Jones 4mo agoI apologize if I’m missing the point you’re making, but trench foot and vaccines are completely unrelated. Vaccines fundamentally impact viruses. Trench foot is not caused by a virus, or any infection. It’s more akin to frostbite. We’re really pushing the boundaries of what we can do with vaccines, but the root cause of trench foot is poor circulation, and a vaccine can’t really fix that.
- hammock 4mo agoI thought we are making cancer vaccines now. We are literally developing vaccines to fight thrombosis (aka blood circulation).[1] And we have vaccines that work against bacteria, specific toxins, parasites etc. Not sure you and I agree on what a vaccine is or does. [1] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11316 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118....