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Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK by oska on Thursday June 23, 2022 @09:05PM (#31856846)
> You wouldn't get it for Polio specifically, but more to freshen up your Tetanus protection, which should be done every 10 years.

There is now debate on whether there is a need to 'freshen' up (boost) tetanus protection, due to a study published in 2020 that showed tetanus boosters give no benefit [1,2,3].

[1] https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/2/285/5741633

[2] https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/do-adults-really-need-te...

[3] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200225075120.h...

(The 2nd and 3rd references are discussing the study in the 1st reference)

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Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK by unsupp0rted on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:31AM (#31857829)
One benefit of a tdap tetanus booster is a 42% lower risk of dementia:

https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/76/8/1436...

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