Safe and Effective? Dee Blanco D.V.M. Over the past 18 years
I've studied extensively, written and discussed profusely, the
topic of canine and feline vaccinations. After this much study,
I would venture to say there is a more ominous danger, even more
dangerous than how they overload various physiologic systems,
how they trigger latent inherited tendencies, how they are often
unnecessary and frequently ineffective. The danger lies in our
thought processes, conditioned and fearful, around the topic of
acute illness, chronic disease and the natural rhythms of life
and death. THE BEST OF INTENTIONS The purpose of a vaccination
is to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies. These
antibodies can be quantifiably measured by a blood test called
an antibody titer. In the event of an exposure to a virus,
bacteria or other foreign invader, the body will have available
antibodies, waiting to immobilize the perpetrator, keeping us
out of harms way. Theoretically, this makes some sense, but
there is no free rid