Will the rabies vaccine make Snoopy autistic?

There’s a lot of ruin in a nation, but I’m not sure there’s quite this much:

Public confidence in adult and child vaccines has declined during the pandemic, largely spurred by misperceptions and mistrust in the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Now a new study led by a School of Public Health researcher suggests that this hesitancy towards COVID vaccines extends to pet vaccinations, as well—and at worrying levels.

Published in the journal Vaccine, the study analyzed a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States and found that more than half of people who own dogs expressed some level of canine vaccine hesitancy—i.e. skepticism about vaccinating their pets against rabies and other diseases. 

An estimated 45 percent of US households own a dog; according to the survey results, nearly 40 percent of dog owners believe that canine vaccines are unsafe, more than 20 percent believe these vaccines are ineffective, and 30 percent consider them to be medically unnecessary. 

About 37 percent of dog owners also believe that canine vaccination could cause their dogs to develop autism, even though there is no scientific data that validates this risk for animals or humans.

Donald Trump and the political cult he controls are destroying this country. Needless to say there’s always been a lot of crazy in the American water, but now the right wing propaganda machine that created Trump and Trumpism is mainlining that crazy straight into the precious bodily fluids of the 37% of dog owners who think rabies vaccines cause autism. In dogs.

Thanks to LGM commenter Philip Koop. I think.