Jet guns should be a recognized risk factor for hepatitis C

Jet guns should be a recognized risk factor for hepatitis C

By PAUL HARASIM
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

When I watch the federal government’s current public service messages on TV urging baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C, I can’t stop thinking about how my arm, and those of many men next to me, bled as we received jet gun vaccinations during our earliest days in the military.

Powerful air pressure from the jet gun forced a tiny stream of medication through our skin without a needle. Because the shot hurt, many of us flinched. Our skin broke, and as we started bleeding, the blood blew back on the jet gun.

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