PLEASE, ignore the political bent. Please!
Consider how human behaviors and standards are consistently presented to us as influencing pet care decisions. Then mull over the information on the vaccine refuser and vaccine hesitant groups of persons.
Source: Vox, October 3, 2017.
Most research shows that parents who reject some or all vaccines are more likely to be white, college-educated, and married, with higher family income. They also do so for personal reasons — which tend to be concerns about vaccine safety.
INSIGHTS: Humans and animals have benefited tremendously from population risk-control efforts involving vaccines for decades. But in the absence of outbreaks or personal experiences with a preventable disease, we humans tend to think we eliminated the threats. Whether its blackleg in cattle, parvovirus, PRRS or rabies, vaccination is critical to managing risk. Animal health pros must repetitively educate animal owners on a day-by-day basis. We can’t assume they remember what we told them.