>he has been adamant that vaccines are incredibly important for the military and the policy changes have really angered him, specifically because of the damage it does to readiness.

Your friend knows his history; disease has been the leading cause of death in warfare, historically, killing more soldiers than actual combat.

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hammock 2 days ago | parent [-]

Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot?

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runjake 2 days ago | parent [-]

No, because trench foot is something not treatable by vaccines.

However, we did receive a lot of training in how to avoid and treat it, along with better equipment. Does that count as a “vaccine”?

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actionfromafar 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It depends on if trench foot treatment is woke or not.

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hammock a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> Did we ever get a vaccine for trench foot?

> No, because trench foot is something not treatable by vaccines.

Isn’t that tautological?

History and the future are full of things that can be treated with a vaccine that were not previously.

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Starman_Jones a day ago | parent [-]

I apologize if I’m missing the point you’re making, but trench foot and vaccines are completely unrelated.

Vaccines fundamentally impact viruses. Trench foot is not caused by a virus, or any infection. It’s more akin to frostbite.

We’re really pushing the boundaries of what we can do with vaccines, but the root cause of trench foot is poor circulation, and a vaccine can’t really fix that.

	▲	hammock a day ago \| parent [-]
		I thought we are making cancer vaccines now. We are literally developing vaccines to fight thrombosis (aka blood circulation).[1] And we have vaccines that work against bacteria, specific toxins, parasites etc. Not sure you and I agree on what a vaccine is or does. [1] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118....