Reuben obviously didn’t recognize the Athlete’s Foot for what it was before he went to the doctor. It appears unclear from the story that his doctor did since it doesn’t mention Reuben talking about the doctor’s opinion, other than the doctor seemed unswayed about Reuben’s connecting the symptoms to the vaccination. :)

Perhaps Reuben still didn’t believe the doctor’s diagnosis of Athlete’s Foot?

P.S. Athlete’s Foot can be very stuborn to get rid of, which might make it harder to convince Reuben. When I got it, likely from a roommate at college, it ebbed and waned for years but I never completely got rid of it, not even with an course of oral antifungal prescription, until I went Nuclear and used undiluted oil of oregano 3 times (in conjunction to, again, throwing out all my socks and buying new shoes). Not something that you should do lightly because apparently the oil itself can cause burns and even if it doesn’t it stings like hell.

In fact, the only thing I did different right before I got this was start a gym membership…

Am I the only who thinks that going to the gym is a more likely cause of athlete’s foot?