Animal health pros focus on issues of One Health, zoonosis and disease control. It is not unusual to find material that portrays animal owners spending more on their pets’ care than their own health. We are going through a continuum of vaccination rationalization discussions. Then we find articles like this about the anti-vaccine movement in human health.
Be assured, AHD has NO political agenda posting this article. The primary concern is that the trends in how humans regard their own and their children’s care tends to prevail in animal care.
Source: Vox, October 3, 2017.
According to the article, there’s evidence of another growing group of vaccine skeptics: More common than outright vaccine deniers are parents who might be better described as “vaccine delayers.” They generally agree that vaccination is a public health benefit, and they don’t identify as “anti-vaxxers.” But they’re hesitant and skeptical about some areas of vaccine science, and they work with doctors to create their own vaccine schedules, choosing which vaccines to give their kids and which to skip.
INSIGHTS: Consider making “why we vaccinate” a staff meeting subject. Use this article to start the dialogue about how team members think about human vaccines and then move the discussion to what the practice approach is for animals. You may be surprised at what you discover.