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    Did You Know These ‘Fun Facts’ about Tetanus, Rusty Nails and Horses?

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    Did You Know These 'Fun Facts' on Tetanus, Rusty Nails and Horses? rusty nail

    And now for a “Did you know?” moment:

    This is a story from a mom who took her child to the emergency room with a bloody cut:

    Doctor: “We’re going to give her a tetanus vaccine.”

    Mom: “Really? What brand and configuration did you have in mind?”

    Doctor: “Just Tetanus.”

    Mom: “You mean the DTaP?”

    Doctor: “Well, yes.”

    Mom: “So, you want to give my child a vaccine for 3 diseases when you’re only concerned about one?”

    Doctor: “It’s the only way it comes.” (wrong)

    Mom: “So…how long will it take for the vaccine to help her create antibodies against tetanus?”

    Doctor: “About 3 weeks.”

    Mom: “If this wound contains tetanus spores in the correct environment, how long before the spores start producing toxins causing lockjaw then death?”

    Doctor: “Immediately.”

    Mom: “So you want to give her a vaccine that she won’t mount an immune response with until about a week after she’s dead, then?”

    We left without the shot or the TiG (tetanus immunoglobulin) (also has known side effects incl. peripheral neuropathy and Guillain-Barré syndrome)…

    Scares me that I have more information than a physician.

    And it should scare you, too.

    FUN FACTS on tetanus that clearly most doctors don’t know (or fudge on/lie about) since they give the DTaP vaccine for even sinus infections and any minor cut:

    1. Tetanus is an anaerobic bacteria meaning it can’t survive in oxygenated environments meaning if the wound bled, NO tetanus.

    2. Just because you get cut on metal (rusty or not), it doesn’t automatically mean tetanus bacteria is present. Tetanus is normally found in manure/dirt and not on a plumbing fixture.

    3. Even if there was a deep puncture wound that did not bleed, caused by an object that had tetanus bacteria on it, you literally can NOT “vaccinate” against a bacterial infection AFTER the exposure.

    [The vaccine is not an instant tetanus killer; it would take weeks for your body to produce enough antibodies (provided the vaccine is even successful at all)].

    4. If there were serious concerns about tetanus exposure (as previously explained) then the ONLY thing that could help (outside of allowing the wound to bleed, if possible, and cleaning the wound with soap, water, or hydrogen peroxide) would be the TiG shot (tetanus immunoglobulin), which is an anti-toxin and not a vaccine.

    5. There is no single “tetanus vaccine” available in the United States, only the DTaP which is a 3-in-1 cocktail vaccine consisting of Diptheria, Tetanus & Pertussis (whooping cough) or Td (tetanus and diphtheria).

    To summarize:

    1. A tetanus shot would NOT help a current case of tetanus as a vaccine takes several weeks to create antibodies. If a current case of tetanus is truly a concern, the TiG shot may be given. Note: (also has known side effects incl. peripheral neuropathy and Guillain-Barré syndrome).

    2. As of May, 2019, there have been over 184,528 adverse events reported to VAERS in connection with TETANUS and tetanus-containing vaccines since 1990, including 3,020 related deaths, 20,702 hospitalizations, and 3,265 related disabilities. 

    3. Lastly, the CDC states that efficacy of the tetanus toxoid has never been studied in a vaccine trial.

    Again, knowledge IS power!

    Horse-sense Facts about Tetanus by Andrew Saul

    Tetanus bacteria are found naturally in the droppings of horses.  When deep wounds in humans (or even horses) are infected with this bacteria, a toxin is produced which causes the illness also known as “lockjaw”.  Tetanus has nothing whatsoever to do with rust, by the way.  

    The only reason an old rusty nail is associated with tetanus is that it might now be where horses had once been. Stepping on a nail delivers the bacteria spores into the body as if from a dirty hypodermic needle. So tetanus shots are given to this day, even though horses are so rarely around us any more.

    During the Civil War, horses were like trucks and cars are today. Confederate cavalrymen had thousands of horses with them at a time. At the time of the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, Union cavalry had some 9,000 horses (source). Can you imagine what their camps must have been like?

    It is remarkable that there were so few cases of tetanus during the Civil War. Battlefield wounds were very numerous, severe, and very dirty. Blood and tissue and horse droppings were everywhere.  Lockjaw cases were not. During the 1860’s, surgeons did not even wash their hands, let alone their instruments. Tetanus bacteria must have been literally everywhere.  After a typical battle, thousands of men might lay with their innards on the ground.  Forget your visions of neat uniforms and waxed mustaches and glory. Pain and disease and mud and filth and horses were this war.

    We know that “lockjaw” cases placed far down on the casualty lists, at a rate of just over 2 percent (source). That, with no sterilization of medical instruments, and not a pair of clean hands in sight.  And with all those horses around.

    As a very little boy in Rochester, New York, I can remember horse teams drawing the huge rakes that swept the public beaches clean along Lake Ontario.  The degree of tetanus exposure on that beach never occurred to most parents. When we cut ourselves, barefoot boys like myself often didn’t even tell our parents.  Who wanted to be stuck with a hypodermic needle? A lot of the kids on those beaches had not had tetanus shots, and yet (as in the Civil War), the number of tetanus cases was near zero. I never even knew anyone who had had tetanus. 

    Over forty years ago, Frederick R. Klenner, M.D. cured tetanus with massive doses of vitamin C (Klenner, 1954 a, b), most of it intravenously. Between 350 to 1,000 mg of vitamin C per kilogram body weight per day was his standard therapeutic oral dose. (Klenner, 1979). Dr. Klenner described tetanus fatalities as being due to conventional medical treatments for the disease and not due to tetanus itself (Smith, 1988). 

    This is presented, like one side of a good debate, to get you past the sound bytes and to look into the subject yourself. The human body is almost unbelievably resilient. Perhaps a bridle needs to be put on over-praising or over-using the tetanus shot.

    “The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism.”  ~Sir William Osler

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    Medical Disclaimer: I am no longer a practicing medical professional, and I am not doctor. I am a mother. I do seek scientific confirmation of the safety and effectiveness of the herbs and remedies I use. Using remedies is a personal decision. Nothing I say on this blog is intended to treat or prevent disease. Consult your own doctor.

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    1. Megan Harrison

      August 23, 2021 at 6:18 pm

      Last winter my then 2 year old son was bit by a dog and it sliced his finger opened to the extent that he HAD to have stitches. I of course was a panicked mother. We had not given our son ANY vaccines up until then. We of course were asked if he was up to date on his shots. And we couldn’t lie- of course we got the “he needs to have the tetanus at the very least. I was so sick at my stomach- I didn’t want to give it to him. I did t want him to have it. I felt trapped. I should have went with my gut and trusted the Lord to see us through and refused. But I was so concerned about having Cps called on us because it made us look negligent to refuse …I had NO idea the shot had all 3 ofc those things in it.
      Thankfully I haven’t noticed anything that stands out that has been different about his developement since then, but I’m still concerned for his health and the risks I’ve allowed him to be exposed to not fully knowing What that vaccine was. I had had plenty of time while pregnant with him to do research on the vaccines and come to the conclusion that we weren’t going to vaccinate, but I was so un-prepared in an emergency situation with not having The time to research and have understanding to make a decision. I have so. Much. Guilt.
      I feel like he’s poisoned now and I allowed it. All my efforts of advocating and skipping out on well child checks and all the other research I’ve done has been wasted. I wish I could take it back, what can I do to help reverse any of the toxins I’ve allowed to be put into his body?

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      • Jacqueline

        August 24, 2021 at 10:10 am

        Megan, I will email you, friend. We can do a lot to help vaccinated (poisoned) childre, whether the effects are seen or unseen.
        Don’t feel guilty, please. We are all having to learn these hard lessons.
        I will send you the Master email.
        Sending peace,
        Jacqueline

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    2. Anne Vanhofwegan

      December 19, 2021 at 7:21 am

      Being a farmer I dont believe in vaccinating my animals, dont believe most of them even work only to maybe cause diseases! But I must say we have tetanus pretty bad in our ground, the last year we castrated steers 8 out of 10 got tetanus. We vaccinated them for tetanus after we noticed them getting it and it seemed to help a little, ultimately 4 out of 8 died it was very devastating . The vet explained that if you have an animal die of tetanus to bury them deep or it will get spread everywhere, I can only assume that an animal died of tetanus in that corral years ago and didnt get buried properly or quickly.

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      • Jacqueline

        December 19, 2021 at 3:25 pm

        Yes, I think you are correct… I am so sorry. For the future, if you ever have an issue, there is a homeopathic remedy that may have saved their life, but I am just learning about this. Even big beasts can be helped. I will find out the name of it so you can research and get some to have on hand. Thank you for sharing that so others can be prepared. No need for the vaccine (and it is important to know that once the homeopathic is taken, getting the vaccine will disrupt the healing and the animal will likely die.)

        This is similar to me taking Valtrex for shingles before I used homeopathics and it disrupted how well it sould work… Read this: https://deeprootsathome.com/are-we-in-a-shingles-epidemic/

        Blessings, J

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    3. Katie

      September 19, 2022 at 8:45 pm

      Do you have the homeopathic remedy listed somewhere? My son just cut his hand on old metal and it is getting infected despite cleaning and antibiotic ointment with band aid. I see the vitamin c recommendation but wondering if we need it in a Myers cocktail or is taking it orally good enough. Wondering what else is recommended. Thanks!!

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    4. Lisa

      June 13, 2023 at 6:39 pm

      Such good information and also eye opening that physicians either don’t know or choose not to tell patients the truth, not only about this but SO much more. I no longer trust anyone in mainstream medicine, yet unfortunately if something serious happens, we’re at their mercy because we have few alternatives.

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    5. heidi

      June 19, 2023 at 1:20 pm

      When I was a child, I practically lived barefoot in horse barns with lots of manure. Never got tetanus, or any other disease.

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      • Jacqueline

        June 19, 2023 at 8:15 pm

        Heidi,
        I imagine you have a good, strong immune system because you had it trained well and developed by healthy exposures as a child.
        That is a blessing for anyone! Most children do not have those multiple small exposures today.
        Thanks for sharing that,
        Jacque

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    6. Shasta

      June 29, 2024 at 3:15 pm

      Years ago when I was a young mama, I stepped on a rusty nail that went all the way through my boot and into my foot. I was working alone and didn’t have any way to clean it, so I pulled it out and made it bleed as much as I could stand, and then walked over to the house across the road where a retired nurse lived. She looked at it, had me scrub it with soap and water, and said I ought to be good to go. Never had any problems. Years after that, I cut my finger down to the bone on an old rusty (but somehow still sharp!) blade of some sort. Did the same thing. Have treated every cut like this, and have never had problems with any. And we have horses, cows, and donkeys, so I know some of the things I have been cut on have been around horses. My husband and I were working on tearing down an old barn once and he sliced his thumb open enough for stitches. The doctor at the clinic gave him a Dtap, against my wishes.

      Reply
      • Jacqueline

        July 01, 2024 at 9:41 am

        Shasta, I SO appreciate that you have left your story for others to read. Though anecdotal, this experience of yours is reality and we have been hoodwinked and fear-mongered by those who use it for control! Yours is not an isolated case, bc I have heard and know of others as well.
        Blessings to you friend,
        Jacque

        Reply
    7. Julia

      March 19, 2025 at 3:03 pm

      This makes so much sense! Thank you!

      Reply

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