>>>>>>>>It's "tetanus", pronounced mostly as tetnus. I just couldn't tell from the context of your message which you'd finally picked. It seems you finally decided on 'tetnus'? That's wrong.
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>>>>>>>I understood it after your messages and I'm glad I asked. Here is the whole story, if you're interested. When I first saw it spelled "tetnus" I thought it's wrong and corrected it. The field in the database is called LTetnus. When I found another place where it was again spelled wrongly that got me to think I was wrong in the first place. I asked this question here and then googled on "tetnus", found pages and concluded I made a mistake. Luckily you were all here to correct me once again, so I did fix it again.
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>>>>>>>Thanks to everyone.
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>>>>>>Thx to you. The thread made me realize that my tetanus jab is ****way**** overdue.....
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>>>>>I just had one last year. This year they updated it to a Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis booster and it is now a requirement before kids can enter college in NC...
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>>>>Requirement? Does that mean you have compulsory medication?
>>>>Best,
>>>>Viv
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>>>Yes, whooping cough has made a huge comeback among adults. Also spinal meningitus (spelling? too lazy to check) among college kids. You can only avoid the vaccines if you state religious reasons...
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>>I find that weird. Guaranteed free speech - but only if you take the drugs <g>
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>Me too. A case of the well being of the many outweight the rights of the few. In order to protect the public, we have to force a vaccine on you. To be fair, anyone can get out of it. They simply have to sign a form that states they refuse on religious grounds.

But why should someone -- an adult, specifically -- have to lie to avoid taking a shot the government thinks is a good idea? If the government wants to do an information campaign saying we think this shot is a good idea for you to get, and here's why, that's one thing. But making it a requirement to attend college? Humbug.