We’ve discussed in depth in previous Caring for Pets blog entries that rabies vaccine is dangerous, but now let’s look at why this vaccine is still recommended for pets and what we can do to keep pets safe from the vaccine.
What it's like to have rabies
Rabies is a deadly disease causing a cruel cyclone of the mind, erupting into behavior that destroys everything around it in a rage of vicious biting. Vaccines prevent this disease.
The viciousness of rabies is not an academic topic for me. As a vet, unlike many of my colleagues, I’ve taken care of a dog with rabies. I know that rabies drives pets insane. It affects the brain, alters personality, behavior, and affect. Pets with rabies are no longer themselves. They have intense headaches and appear full of both hate and fear.
The farm family that brought in the Australian Heeler, which hid under the chairs they sat on while they were in the clinic, had no understanding of the distress their dog was experiencing. The family did not appreciate that their pet had probably been exposed to the saliva of rabid skunks when it fed on dead hogs that skunks had also fed on. The family had no idea that their dog would progress through a nervous, dumb stage into a satanic frothing stage within the week.
Why the government insists that pets are vaccinated
It is because families don’t appreciate the frequency at which rabies occurs and its severity that local governments now require dogs to be vaccinated. It’s because these families have not seen the effect a single rabid pet can have that governments have mandated frequent, repeated rabies vaccines.
Harm caused by "overkill" rabies vaccine
What a tragedy that those responsible families who do understand the threat of rabies and do vaccinate their have pets that live with the harm caused by this vaccine. Among the possible sequela to “overkill” vaccines are:
• seizures and epilepsy,
• behavior changes
• attention deficit disorders, and
• autoimmune diseases.
Vaccine companies
When a pharmaceutical company creates a rabies vaccine, the company errors on the side of overdoing the vaccine so that no pet will ever develop disease. The pharmaceutical company ramps up its vaccine, creating an “overkill” vaccine because it cannot afford to have a vaccinated pet break with disease.
The following influence a pharmaceutical company’s decision to create an “overkill” vaccine:
• The government won’t license the vaccine if it is only partially effective.
• The expense of treating a pet that develop rabies after being properly vaccinated is astronomical.
• The expense of treating humans exposed to a pet that develop rabies after being properly vaccinated is astronomical.
Effect of "overkill" rabies vaccines
Thus, “overkill” rabies vaccines are developed by every vaccine manufacturer. These “overkill” vaccines are effective in protecting the community and the financial interests of the vaccine company, but they do not serve the interests of individual pets.
The veterinarian's oath
As veterinarians, we are responsible for the wellbeing of both the community and the individual pet. We cannot honor our oath to do no harm if we give all pets the rabies vaccine as mandated by law. Instead, we must consider each pet as an individual and either vaccinate or issue a vaccine waiver as best serves the pet.
Vaccine waivers
Rabies vaccine waivers are based on laboratory titers that prove pets have a protective level of antibodies against the rabies virus. Running the titers is more expensive than giving the vaccine, much more expensive, but the harm that “overkill” vaccines cause is extraordinary.
Holistic veterinarians help protect pets from vaccine harm
To ensure your pet is protected from developing rabies and protected against “overkill” vaccines, work with a holistic veterinarian. Visit the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association website to find a holistic vet in your area. If you’re in the Santa Rosa area, Dr. Pollen will help you through the Coddingtown Vet Clinic.
Rabies video
To learn more about rabies vaccine, its dangers and what happened to our little friend Jiggy, visit Jan Rasmussen’s website: http://www.dogs4dogs.com/ and view her rabies vaccine video at http://www.Truth4Dogs.org.
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