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> The short-term effects of relaxing vaccine requirements won’t be obvious right away, but the consequences will likely compound over time. I don’t know how muc
by timr 1y ago
> The short-term effects of relaxing vaccine requirements won’t be obvious right away, but the consequences will likely compound over time. I don’t know how much time of lower coverage it will take before we start to see measles, rabies, or others become regular problems again.
Whatever you think of the current HHS leadership, pet dogs and wild animals are not getting rabies from unvaccinated humans.
- portaouflop 1y agoBut they get it from unvaccinated dogs? The point is that many Americans don’t want to use any vaccines anymore even for their pets
- timr 1y agoCitation absolutely required for that claim. Even ignoring the fact in order to get your pet licensed anywhere in the US you have to vaccinate it for Rabies, the transmission chain doesn't work that way. When people get Rabies, they get it overwhelmingly from wild animals (or stray dogs in some parts of the world).