Good morning, and happy #PharmPhriday!

I regularly revisit this piece on #tetanus in an unvaccinated child. It is short, fascinating, heartbreaking, and incredibly frustrating story: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6809a3.htm

Please read and share.

#VaccinesSaveLives

Notes from the Field: Tetanus in an Unvaccinated Child — Oregon, ...

In 2017, a boy aged 6 years who had received no immunizations sustained a forehead laceration while playing outdoors on a farm; the wound was cleaned and sutured at home. Six days later, he had ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

@NeuroDrugDoc And after all that, “ Despite extensive review of the risks and benefits of tetanus vaccination by physicians, the family declined the second dose of DTaP and any other recommended immunizations.”

Mind boggling.

@Curiosititis it really is the icing on the soul crushing cake, that poor child