I did research and study it in university. I also had to weigh it out for myself as a dog parent too.
When you are responsible for someone else’s life, it can be terrifying to make a decision when you read that one in millions may be hurt by this vaccine. Yet we don’t the other factors or those fluke cases. I realized that doing nothing was exposing my dog to present dangers.
A couple months ago I got a flu vaccine at my PCP. The last time I got the vaccine, it was thermisol-free (mercury-free) and paid for by my university. This time it was only covered at my doctor’s office and they only had the vaccine with thermisol, which is a preservative.
I asked her if she would take the vaccine if she was in my position. She said that she already did. Same one. “Really!?” “Yes I have a baby boy at home,” she explained. And he is going to get vaccinated? “Of course.”
Herd immunity. Look it up. It’s true that the people who don’t vaccine by choice put the lives of those who cannot vaccinate, because either their infants are not old enough or children have other health issues at the time, in danger.