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hammock 2 days ago

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....