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I dont recall the article saying "dont vaccinate" but what it is saying is that yearly boosters are not necessary in fact it clearly states all researchers are adamant that first vaccinations are vital.

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OK pups are born with some immunity, which gradually diminishes over the first 12 weeks. How much immunity these pups have does differ between individuals, and probably between litters. Some pups may loose their maternal immunity very early, others still carry some maternal antibodies after 12 weeks. The new protocol we were given here is to give the first yearly booster.

However the article does say;

the MINIMUM duration of immunity for canine vaccines is as follows; Canine Distemper Virus 7-15 years Canine Adenovirus 2 5-9years, Canine Parvovirus " 2-7 years, and Canine Rabies 3-7 years.

Which suggests to me it would be prudent to give a booster for Distemper within 7 years, Parvo 2 and rabies (if you live in the area where it exists) within 3 years.

The problem is if will ordinary people remember to do that? It is lot easier to remember to do the annual boosters. The question is what is more dangerous, doing it annually or risking that people will not remember and we will end up with lot of unprotected dogs in the society?

We all know drug companies do the research and in humans some have found to their cost that what we have been told is safe results in serious side effects.IT IS UP TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL DOG OWNER TO MAKE A CHOICE ON WHETHER TO BOOST AND HOW OFTEN BUT LETS MAKE IT AN INFORMED CHOICE!!!!!!!!

Talking about human vaccines. There have been lot of research done by independent researchers, and while nobody denies that there can be some adverse reactions, the serious ones are very rare (like 1 in million?). The most common side effect is little bit of fever. But children do get bit of fever often and it is impossible to establish if this is really the effect of vaccine or if they would have come down with it anyway. The link to autism has been disproved several times over.

Unfortunately, there have been attempts to blame the vaccines for everything that may go wrong with children.

I do agree we need to make INFORMED choices. While that article is right in some respects the moment it suggests that annual boosters destroy antibodies present, it looses credibility. Booster is call that because it boosts the immunity already present, and needs to be given before all the antibodies are lost.