Do anti-vax idiots also not get their dogs and cats vaccinated?

[NurseJackie]

Do anti-vax idiots also not get their dogs and cats vaccinated?

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[leftieNanner]

1. They Do Not

A woman I know has never been vaccinated for anything. Her daughter likewise. She also has dogs, a cat, and two pigs (she lives outside of town). Zero vaccinations for any of them.

Needless to say, no Covid vaccine either.

[cilla4progress]

2. This occurred to me

yesterday, as well..

SMDH

[NurseJackie]

8. We had a "crazy cat lady" in our trailer park...

... who kept feeding feral cats.... and they kept breeding, and breeding. Crapping everywhere, spraying everywhere. It was a real nuisance. And obviously, NONE of them were vaccinated. Just living "wild" lives and not having to worry much about finding food or predation.

People tried to talk to her and reason with her... explaining the dangers and risks and health hazards (to her AND the community AND other animals) but she didn't care, or didn't understand.

After she died, the feeding stopped (obviously) and some of the animals moved on (or died). Others continued to hang around, but they were trapped by Prince George's County animal control. The older "wild" ones were euthanized and they tried to rehabilitate the younger ones for possible adoption.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. The elderly woman living next to me feeds them too...

... but at least she also traps them, getting them spayed and neutered.

One of the feral male cats has become quite friendly after he was neutered. That cat is big and muscular, behaving more like an aggressive bobcat previously. It would even attack the old woman if she got remotely too close, even after it repeatedly observed her putting food and water out there for him.

[meow2u3]

3. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't vax their cats and dogs

The anti-vax morons who illegally refuse to take their pets to the clinic for their rabies shots are likely the same people who are armed to the teeth, as if they were an army--and a law--unto themselves. And they couldn't care less if their pets contract rabies and bite innocent people, possible killing them.

[yonder]

16. I would also guess for pets, no.

But if livestock is involved, hell yes. We're talking money there, return on investment, etc.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. I would say no. Maybe, Rabis vaccinations?

Required state by state. I don’t know.

[Ocelot II]

5. Depends on whether they are antivax generally or anti-COVID vax.

For some, the COVID vax is uniquely bad because TFG tried to make COVID seem like no big deal and the vaccine came to be seen as an evil liberal, statist plot. Other vaccines do not carry that stigma.

[NurseJackie]

11. That's a good distinction to make.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. Several of them probably do, and...

... they'll even have location chips injected into them.

The fact that only 6% of scientists were Republicans in 2009 -- possibly an even lower percentage now -- has surely made several right-wingers consider science and scientists to be their "enemy" now.

Whether they ever saw the poll themselves, or the message was filtered to them through their right-wing propaganda sources.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/only-six-percent-of-scien_n_229382

[MineralMan]

7. Many of them do not get their pets vaccinated.

Some won't even license their dogs because of the rabies vaccine requirement.

[XanaDUer2]

9. I once worked with an idiot with a master's

who believed the moon landing was staged and that spaying pets was "unnatural " and let then run outside.

[d_r]

10. the thing is

trashy people are going to do trashy things

[abqtommy]

13. My own personal experience here is that my Second Ex-Wife and my

youngest son (35 years old) who lives with her recently made sure that their newly
adopted dog had all their vaccinations. Meanwhile they refuse the covid vaxx for themselves. At least their dog will survive.

[NurseJackie]

14. Silver linings.

At least their dog will survive.

Silver linings.

[NickB79]

15. My entire family is full of farmers who haven't gotten their Covid shots

They vaccinate their livestock though, because otherwise they'd lose money on sick and dead animals and vet bills.

They're also had their normal vaccines, as have all their kids.

But noooooo, we can't get that Covid shot!