Re: What Vaccine Makers Aren't Telling Pet Owners

Dale Atkin wrote:

"chardonnay9" <chardonnay9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DKKdnT6dw6zLSOHUnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tara Green wrote:
chardonnay9 wrote:
If Vaccine Immunity Really Lasts for Years, Why Annual Boosters?

Your vet still uses annual boosters?

What, did you find him or her in the stone age?

Most vets still do annual boosters.


Yes and no. It depends on what you're vaccinating for. Human often get annual flu shots, but don't get annual tetanous shots. Why do you think this is?

I dunno. Flu shots have not shown to work statistically. For instance, twice in the last few years flu manufacturers didn't guess correctly which flu would be making it's rounds so the shot should have been useless yet if you look at statistics for the flu for those years you will find no difference in the number of people who got sick or died.

And then there is the statistics for Cuba. They don't have Big Pharma down their throats so they are more open to trying other modalities. Read this article on what happened when instead of using a conventional medical vaccine homeopathic remedies were distributed to prevent the usual Leptospirosis outbreak after tropical flooding. The results were phenomenally excellent!
http://homeopathyresource.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/successful-use-of-homeopathy-in-over-5-million-people-reported-from-cuba/


Do you think its a conspiracy? Or is there an underlying logic to it? My own vet (and to my knowledge the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association) recommends a three year schedule for the core vaccines (Rabies, DA2PP), and an annual for the non-core vaccines as needed where risk factors indicate it (typically bordetella & giardia around here).

Why when immunity is known to last much longer? What logic is in that?


There are occaisionally vets around here who do a 2 year schedule, mostly this is to be in line with 'export' laws. Its rare (although not completely unheard of) that a vet around here recommends annual boosters for everything.

I wish it were so here.


If you'd like I can ask my immunology prof as to the current thinking on why some vaccines are given annually, and others at wider intervals (whether its a characteristic of the virus, or if its a characteristic of the vaccine, or if its a lack of data).

There is no lack of data and even more is coming when the Rabies Challenge is complete. Unfortunately it's a grass roots effort because the vaccine companies don't want anyone to know how long they last because it will hit them hard right in the pocketbook.


Dale


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