Do Indoor Cats Need to Be Vaccinated?
It’s not widely publicised but vaccines are not without risk. In addition to containing a small dose of a given virus or bacteria, vaccines also contain other foreign proteins (“adjuvants”) and preservatives. As well, vaccines are typically given in combination with 3 or 4 vaccines in one shot. Imagine yourself trying to defend against a cold bug and two different flu viruses at the same time as compared to only one of those at a time. Multiple viruses at a time are more likely to overwhelm the immune system. Adverse reactions associated with vaccines include: Allergies, Arthritis, Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia, Cancer, Epilepsy, Inflammatory Bowel disease, Thyroid disease as well as a number of behavioral issues. In fact the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) created a Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force to find out why 160,000 cats a year develop terminal cancer at or near vaccine injection sites. It was acknowledged the cancer is due to vaccines. They recommend
