I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐

I was just going to say that. I think in every country 36 or 37% will just believe random crazy shit and/or be fucking with the poll taker.

It sounds like a lot, but aren't IQ scores based on averages or means? That's about right then on stupid.

lol weird: 37% rule / optimal stopping problem

We humans are victims of our own success. Vaccines work so good at eradicating diseases that people haven't been exposed to the horrors that we used to. My family has a story about someone loosely related who contracted rabies and was chained to a tree until they died a few weeks later. This was no more than a generation before me!

People really aren't scared enough of diseases.

Rabies is in my top three fears, maybe even number one. Just an absolutely awful way to go, scared, in pain, can't drink water. I love water.

I had a hairdresser once that told me about her young daughter getting scratched by a raccoon. I asked if she took her to get the shots and she said "no, she's fine". We're all doomed.

He used to scratch with the left foot but after the vaccine he does it with the right foot!

oh no, my dog can solve a Fourier transform. RUN.

The issue is that he can identify the year and model of every locomotive because of the vaccine induced autism, and this terrifies him because he is a dog and shouldn't be able to.

My dog is licking his butt on a regular basis. I blame vaccines.

And it's what makes them so fucking awesome.

No judgment. No bullshit. Just our best friend, here for a good time, but unfortunately not a long time. We could learn a lot from them.

this is slander, everyone knows dogs have ADHD.
It's cats that are autistic

I had a cat that was clearly autistic.

I mean, dogs and cats can have mental illnesses or disorders, it's just that they tend to be less impactful due to them being, well, pets. They have no responsibilities

From what I know, they can have traits reminiscent of human autism

Hell, with some dogs I've met, I would argue most dogs are autistic already😅

I imagine most golden retrievers I’ve just are a little autistic. It’s why they are so dopey.

that tracks with election results and presidential approval ratings

Low ball estimate for sure

how else do you explain Pedonald voted in twice?

54% of us read at a 6th grade level. You do not hate your neighbors to the south nearly enough

It's probably more like 37% of dog owners.

They can vote though...

some people own dogs and cat as a prop or accesory to thier lifestyle, and when they get to a pet groomer, they get ratchety when they are told they arnt taking care of thier pets(something simple that can be done at home), often times its rich people and upper middle class

While possibly killing you as well mind you.

There times when I see obvious disinformation attacking America, and I will immediately stand up for my country and call out the bullshit.

Then I see something like this, and it leaves me feeling like I just stood up for a family member I felt was being unfairly picked on, who in response immediately decided to shit his pants and light a cigarette while filling up his car with gas.

Socioeconomic circumstances. And failures therein.

Who could have tought that saving on education to get back to the good old times raise your slave class, would have the unintended side-effect of dismembering the fucking country they love so much.

Capitalism.

some people didn't like anyone who knew more than they did ... The way things were going, if [they] wanted to throw stones at anyone who knew more than them, they'd soon have to throw them at the pigs

Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

Facebook.

It’s Facebook in the water.

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Also, watch a Fox News broadcast for a bit. Then you will understand.

I just want to know what they put in the water in America to make everyone fight eachother

It's a healthy dose of 1:1 lead (Pb) and misinformation. We call it fight water™️

Fluoride

/S

My dog enjoys chewing on rocks. But that's the default setting for labs.

And the award for most depressing comment of the day goes to Jhex. Ugh. I hate how accurate that statement is.

erm akchually 99.9999% fatal

Jeanna Giese survived without the vaccine due to an experimental treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#After_onset

Note that that treatment has failed at all other times than this one

We crossed that line well over a decade ago.

Mine demands a stable routine, sometimes makes a ton of noise, only to retreat if anything else makes similar noise, is super smart, but forgetful. Very sensitive to emotions. Overall a lovely dog, but this might get her a diagnosis. (Not a professional, just have a dog)

You are not a Disney princess

Hey, that hurts!

Honestly I think my dog might be. Very particular. Likes routine. Has sensory related triggers. Always finds the dark secluded corner of things get noisy in the house.

Let me go ask my dog if they're autistic. They're right over here, screaming about how it's already 5:31 and I haven't given them their 5:30 treat yet.

Dogs are great, but even if they were autistic would anyone even notice?

Of course, it's a cognitive spectrum that probably effects all mammals at least, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's far more prevalent than that

That's a question that is very hard to answer. Dogs have a similar-ish brain structure but there's a good chance you need a massive prefrontal cortex to have a chance of getting autism.

My fellow Americans, your government has let you down. They've let us all down. So please allow me to address something they somehow repeatedly fail to address.

I understand your hesitation to trust the American healthcare system. God knows it would be an absolute lie to say your health is always being prioritized before profits. However, this is a fault of the system itself, not the science behind the medicine. The fact that we have a broken system, and the fact that your understandable mistrust has been misdirected towards science is the fault of our politicians and their greed.

Everyone deserves to be healthy and everyone deserves access to the medical care that they need. I can't fix a broken system, but I can swear to you on a stack of bibles, vaccines will not give you, your children, or your dog autism. Please vaccinate and help stop the spread of preventable diseases. God bless you and God bless the United States of America. ❤️

Just left a comment about this. People really have gotten too comfortable with modernity and its ivory walls. We really need to show more idiots videos of people suffering from preventable diseases a la "red pavement" from driver's ed.

Just tossing this out here as a PSA, dogs can still get kennel cough even after being vaccinated. It's like the flu vaccine in humans - sometimes the strain that goes around isn't the one vaccinated for. I had two dogs end up with it and both were fully current on all vaccines. They got it from daycare where an outbreak occurred and our older dog brought it home to the puppy. All dogs there are required to show proof of current vaccines to go so it was just an unfortunate year for the vaccine. Fortunately my dogs got over it with meds and rest for a couple of weeks. Sorry about your sisters dog, that's heartbreaking.

Is he even autistic?

I think it's that attitude with any neurodivergence or mental health related issue. You know, all the things that doctors didn't know about diagnosing "just didn't exist" in the past.

Like we saw the consequences of people struggling through life, not getting a diagnosis, and not understanding why life was so challenging. For example, my dad was dyslexic and my mom very likely had ADHD, but neither was ever diagnosed.

They just struggled constantly through school, had terrible self esteem, and when somebody told them to just give up and choose a different career path they just said ok, guess I'm just not cut out for this.

Then I got both, and my parents were ok with acknowledging the dyslexia bc it was pretty easy to diagnose.

The ADHD was a whole other story, and I was told by my own parents (who were tough on me because they just didn't want me ending up like them) and most of my teachers, that I was just careless and lazy over and over. I started hating school when I was like 8, and barely even finished high school. When I got to college by the skin of my teeth, I found stuff that actually interested me, but I still struggled so much through college and grad school. For a very long time, I believed the reason everything was so so much harder for me than my peers was bc I was just dumb/not cut out for it.

I had to wait until I was in my 30s and had my own real job and insurance to even attempt to seek help and get an ADHD diagnosis, and even then it took a very long time, but I'm so glad I finally did it.

Maybe if we can keep society from further devolving, in a few generations we can also get people to understand that acknowledging neurodivergence and mental health in kids isn't weakness, and doesn't mean you have to accept some kind of dangerous magical sorcery. It just means understanding that people often thrive when you allow them to just be themselves, and treat them like individuals with their own strengths, weaknesses, and unique skills.

That's generally how it works if your dog or cat (or squirrel) bites someone. Unless you can provide proof of a current vaccination, the animal has to get tested for rabies. This involves getting a sample of brain tissue. For pet owners that seems excessive, but for someone who has seen a rabies infection first-hand, there is no animal valuable enough to skip that test

So we (autistics) are just considered stupid. Great.

Why do you think it's autism? One of my cats is mentally "special" as the vet told me after asking some questions. She couldn't get any more specific. He's a great cat and very happy.

Listen Doc, yesterday I tried to get my dog to drink some whiskey and get on the roof with an aluminum baseball bat during a lightening storm, so we could go Back to the Future, but he just kept running away. Clearly, whatever was in that vaccine you gave him has made him autistic.

Yeah can't have that

The microchips attach inside your stomach and control your behavior

Education, education, education

It's not safe to give dogs Tylenol, but if it was I would say you should go ahead and corner the market.

Rabies is not tame. If you get the vaccine for it, you're golden (near perfect efficacy, and you can even get it shortly after contracting rabies because rabies works so slowly).

But as soon as you start showing symptoms, you're dead. Rabies is able to cross the blood brain barrier, but the vaccine for it is not. Once you're showing symptoms, the death rate is 100% (60k die from rabies annually, less than 50 have ever survived after showing symptoms).