►March 2, 2004 -
Thimerosal Concerns for Pets (includes video) - First Coast News - "Lamoureux
wants pet owners to know there is a risk out there when getting pets vaccinated.
She is not advocating the refusal of vaccinations, she says she just wants pet
owners to become educated about their choices...Veterinarian "Dr. Skip Hightman
says he's seen cases of animals having bad reactions to vaccines. 'As far as
anaphylactic reaction, cellulitis, sarcomas and many other problems and
sometimes even death.' Dr. Hightman's own cat died of cancer shortly after
receiving a rabies vaccination. He says there is one company that's responded to
concerns from veterinarians and taken Thimerosal out of its vaccine."
February 23-29, 2004
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February 16-22, 2004
►February 23, 2004 - Cuddle
with Care - Forget about bird flu or SARS -- you're much more likely to get
sick from a pet - TIME Magazine
►2004 -
Veterinary Topics: A shot in the dark - Do all vaccines really protect your
horse? - Thoroughbred Times - "However,
some researchers stress that to obtain optimum protection, certain vaccines
should be administered more often than manufacturers recommend. Other
researchers report that some vaccines may be so narrowly targeted at just one or
two strains of a complicated disease that the odds of them protecting your horse
may be slim. Other vaccines are risky to use."
February 9-15, 2004
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January 26 - February 8, 2004 (2 weeks combined
due to illness)
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as providing medical or legal advice. The decision whether or not to vaccinate
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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"