An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months after he contracted tetanus following an injury on a farm, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in treatment to save his life.
Six days later, the child was suffering from muscle spasms, jaw clenching and difficulty breathing. At that time, his parents called for emergency services and the child was airlifted to a local medical center. Despite being given treatment, on his fifth day in the hospital the child required a tracheal tube and to be placed on a ventilator as he experienced spasms in his diaphragm and larynx.
Doctors gave the child a diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine during the course of his eight-weeks of treatment, which the CDC estimated to cost over $800,000. However, the estimate does not include the cost of air transportation, inpatient rehabilitation and the use of an ambulance, the report says.
This right here is a great example of why to get vaccinated... stratcomm2321
The ProPlague movement is like watching an episode of TheAmericansFX where the Americans are getting destroyed by Commie–Nazi HUMINT.
We should kick Oregon out of the union... or at least send their dimmest to the back woods.
His parents should pay for this. For the rest of their lives, if that’s what it takes.
A stitch in time saves nine. Or in this case 800 grand. People are afraid of the wrong things. Perhaps an inability to understand basic science should be considered to be a disability.
Damn!