If you live in the U.S. and you’re 12+, you’re eligible for the updated bivalent anti-omicron booster shot, and it should be available in your local pharmacy.
Please reblog this post, as there’s been very little news coverage and shockingly little propagation of information about the availability of updated boosters.
Put in the tags how you felt if you did get side effects
For example all the times i got my vaccines the injection site was really sore and hurt to the touch for 2 days but my brother got knocked flat by the vaccine"
I will continue amplifying voices like this re: the latest public health crisis, monkeypox, because the media isn’t. I’m not about to watch the LGBTQ community be victimized by our system’s incompetence or be villainized by the Right if this spreads further and we’re then blamed as we were for HIV/AIDS.
"100-200 years ago, people ate organic unprocessed food and didn't have vaccines...
... and lived to the ripe old age of 'died in childbirth.'"
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"Nature wants 5 of your 7 children dead. It wants you dead by 50. Everything better than that is brought to you by science & technology."
-- David Frum
Tetanus is no joke. If it doesn't get you, the muscle spasms are so bad they might just snap your spine. And guess what? There's not much you can do but wait for your nerves to fix themselves, which could take forever. Please, get vaccinated people!
The image featured above is a painting by Sir Charles Bell, a renowned Scottish surgeon and accomplished artist. These sketches have been commended for their insightful portrayal of the injuries soldiers endured in the 19th century.