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More dog owners are questioning vaccines like rabies after COVID (www.pressherald.com)

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More than half of U.S. dog owners expressed concerns about vaccinating their dogs, including against rabies, according to a new study published Saturday in the journal Vaccine. The study comes as anti-vaccine sentiments among humans have exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pets are now often considered to be a member of the family, and their health-care decisions are weighed with the same gravity. But the consequences of not vaccinating animals can be just as dire as humans. Dogs, for example, are responsible for 99% of rabies cases globally. Rabies, which is often transmitted via a bite, is almost always fatal for animals and people once clinical signs appear. A drop in rabies vaccination could constitute a serious public health threat.

In the new study, the authors surveyed 2,200 people and found 53% had some concern about the safety, efficacy or necessity of canine vaccines. Nearly 40% were concerned that vaccines could cause dogs to develop autism, a theory without any scientific merit.

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[–] JustZ 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oh these dumb assholes.

Shakespeare on it:

"All the contagion of the south light on you. You shames of Rome! You herd of boils and plague. [Let us] plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd! Go, further than seen, and one infect another, against the wind another mile!"

This was about plague and dirty people that wouldn't stop dumping their shit in the gutter in front of their houses. He says you dirty fucks, herd of plague, were going to post picture of you on the wall and make fun of you. You should leave town, and then go another mile away, and infect each other.

Savage.

[–] Dem_Bo_Sain 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree with your sentiment, but the quote is from Corolanius. Marcius (a Roman general) is cursing his own men for retreating from an assault upon an enemy city. He's very upset.

[–] JustZ 2 points 1 year ago

Hmmm, no doubt you're correct now that I read it in context. I can't place exactly where I got this notion from and my Google fu is not finding it. It was a piece online somewhere about Shakespearean concepts as to the lives of commoners in his time, including plague, through his works.