“There is absolutely no reason to get the shot,” A sociopathic statement, because herd immunity is a reason to get a MMR shot. You may decide the risk to your

“There is absolutely no reason to get the shot,” A sociopathic statement, because herd immunity is a reason to get a MMR shot. You may decide the risk to your children is high enough that it's worth the risk to others, but to not even consider that.... And I'm really appalled by the parent who refused to give her child a tetanus toxoid vaccination after what sounded like a penetrating injury (note the shot merely protects against the toxin, not the bug itself, which will be safer than, say, the witches brew of cellular pertussis/whooping cough vaccine. A very effective brew, more so than the acellular that's common if not universal now, but that again is a trade-off). Tetanus is just not something you should f*ck with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus