Vaccinations made my cat autistic

[riqster]

http://reductress.com/post/vaccinations-made-my-cat-autistic/

When I took my cat Admiral Ticklebelly to his regular veterinary appointment, I was expecting a routine check-up – but I left with an autistic cat.


I may not be a “veterinarian,” but I have watched enough programs on feline behavior (just search YouTube for cat+riding+roomba) to know that Admiral Ticklebelly has caught autism.


The realization came shortly after my cat’s vaccinations last year – for rabies and feline distemper. My veterinarian insisted that vaccination was “required by law” and that it was “extremely important to the health of my cat” and that without vaccination my cat could “get really sick and die,” but I should have known better. I soon learned from holistic reading materials that vaccination = autism.

Hilarity ensues.

[MohRokTah]

1. .

[GP6971]

2. Just autistic?

Consider yourself lucky !

Just joking!

[postulater]

3. old news.

and all my cats are autistic.

[riqster]

15. Mine aren't. They just don't give a shit about my opinions or rules.

Cats are cats, bless 'em.

[jmowreader]

4. Autistic cat? How do you tell?

[NYC_SKP]

5. My friend's a veteran and says my GF's cat's artistic but no WAY would I have had it vacillated.

No freakin way!

To my Ex-GF's Cat

I don't miss her, but I miss you. You are the only cat I ever liked...and I think you liked me as I'm the only person you let pick up and walk around with. Sure, you were crabby, sounded like a rusty can when you were meowing, would ignore the laser pointer and got pissed at me when I needed to work and not pet you. Oh sure, you'd complain and make me feel bad for feeding you the same thing and at the same time as her other 2 cats, but did you notice I'd always slip you a piece of meat from my dinner plate? I know you were old and stairs were not as easy as they used to be, so I was always secretly glad and flattered to hear your voice by the bedroom door when I'd stay over. I know her kids liked the other animals in the house more then you, and I'm sorry, but I liked you better then her kids anyway. And yes, I know you watched me walk away that last time I left; I knew I wouldn't be coming back so I hope you found that catnip mouse I left in your secret hiding spot...you deserved 1 last rush in your old age.

I'm not sure if you are even still alive as I haven't been by the house since March of 05, but I hope that you are happy, warm and still catching the beam of sunlight in your favorite spot.

Anyway, just wanted you to know that you were the only cool cat I've ever known and that I miss you.


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[riqster]

16. I am a fervent anti-vacillator!

[KMOD]

6. I realize this is a joke,

and yeah, I'm losing patience with folks you aren't vaccinating their children.

That said, there is a small percentage of children who do have adverse reactions, and I can't laugh at that.

The vast and overwhelming majority of us should vaccinate our children. Not just for their own sake, but to protect the children who can't or aren't yet vaccinated, as well as the immuno suppressed.

A few fellow DUers have said that their children had adverse reactions to the vaccinations. I will not doubt their feelings on this.

Not to be a Debbie downer, I appreciate your position, it's my position too, but it's not funny to people who have been affected by it.

Peace!

[riqster]

9. There is a difference.

I also know people whose kids have had adverse reactions. They are not being depicted by these satirical pieces.

People with good reason and evidence via personal experience with adverse reactions are rational actors. As one of these friends and I agreed, if the shoe doesn't fit, people shouldn't put it on.

[KMOD]

11. I get that.

I'm not trying to dump on your thread.

But I do see it as a punch in the gut, for those who have been through it.

It doesn't really matter if the vaccines did not cause autism. What matter is that's when they noted the difference. Perhaps something was already wrong, and the vaccine made it more clear. Perhaps it's the timing of the vaccine that falls in line of when you would notice a problem. Perhaps there is something different about these children that make them react negatively.

We just don't know. But we do know that some parents correlate that change with the vaccination. We can't ignore that.

If we ignore it, we will not learn from it.

But yeah, I see this thread as making fun of them, and their feelings, more than it's making fun of the idiots who have just completely shut science out.

Just my opinion.

[riqster]

12. I understand your point of view, and thank you for sharing it.

[jrandom421]

7. Even more distressing

All cats have Asperger Syndrome



http://www.amazon.com/All-Cats-Have-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1843104814

[packman]

8. Funny post -

Gotta tell my veterinarian next time if his shots will give my cat autism.

[hunter]

10. In my experience, all cats are autistic.

You rub their tummies a few times and they are happy, purring like crazy.

Then, suddenly, they shred your hand and you bleed.

I confess my officially diagnosed autistic spectrum, fully vaccinated, self has been like that.

Yes, I've apologized to all those who are not dead.

It's probably why I see big cats as dangerous, but also as some kind of kin.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar

My better nature is much more dog.

[riqster]

17. Yep, I love cats, but I am a dog at heart.

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/dog.asp

[Ms. Toad]

13. Are you aware that there are serious vaccine caused conditions in cats?

Vaccines can lessen the severity of future diseases and certain vaccines can prevent infection altogether, and today, a variety of vaccines are available for use by veterinarians. Any treatment carries some risk, but these risks should be weighed against the benefits of protecting your pet from potentially fatal diseases. An uncommon but serious adverse reaction that can occur with injection sites, including those sites where vaccines are administered, is tumor growth (sarcomas), which can develop weeks, months, or even years after a vaccination.

https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Reference/Pages/rbbroch.aspx

One of the suspects is also something that people concerned about vaccines have been raising (adjuvants).

The recommendations on frequency of vaccinations for cats at low risk (indoor cats) is being lowered, partly in response to this side effect. They are also changing the recommended site of vaccinations to the leg from the back of the neck - but to the leg. Not because it is less risky, but because if a sarcoma develops they can cut the leg off and still save the cat.

So - not really so hilarious, and not the best example to pick if you are intending to poke fun at people's concerns about vaccines.

[riqster]

14. The legitimate concerns you raise are not those being satirized.

There is a difference between the hysterical, inaccurate crap peddled by a discredited doctor and an attention-seeking centerfold, and the evidence-based, nuanced medical advice you posted. (Information that I have, indeed, heard from my own veterinarian.)

Much like the difference between the anti-reality climate science deniers screaming lies about global warming, and qualified experts debating the exact rate of sea level rise.

If the shoe does not fit, people should not put it on.

[Ms. Toad]

24. My point is that if you want to poke fun at people concerned about adjuvants in vaccines,

and frequency of vaccination, using an example where adjuvants in vaccines, and frequency, may well be implicated in a very serious health condition (feline vaccination) is probably not the best choice.

[riqster]

25. And mine is that people not being targeted by satire should not take personal offense at it.

I don't get offended by anti-MRA posts, after all. I am a man, but not an MRA advocate.

[Ms. Toad]

30. No one is taking offense, that I know of -

just pointing out, in this case, that the satire doesn't work particularly well.

[Douglas Carpenter]

18. all cats are autistic --- many puppies though have ADHD

The most important thing you can do for your feline friend is protect him from the cats most powerful addiction - catnip

Here is film that finally tells the truth about this danger of substance abuse :

[riqster]

19. Like Puss in Boots?

[gerogie2]

20. My cat started talking when he got his vaccaines...

[riqster]

22. Our Meezers never shut up.

Never realized it was the shots!

[kydo]

21. I often wonder if vax turned many into right wing mindless zombies

I often see normal sane people would go to the dr office. And came out zombies. And then I am remembered the dr office had a tv and it was tuned to faux. That's how it happened. Totally not associated with the vax but the tv channel.

I wonder if I could patent the action of changing the the tv channel from faux news as a way to prevent mental instabilities and zombie like symptoms?

I'd be rich! Of course being rich would make me issue myself a cease and desist order or buy a politician to change the law about the changing the channel on faux. Cause you know I'd be rich and its what rich people do. Buy everything.

But the gift to humanity would be worth it. no? Just change the channel.

And my cat is more psycho then autistic. Can I blame that on the vax?

[riqster]

23. Fox is vaccination: prevents the disease known as "thinking".

Repeated dosing on a daily basis is needed.

[tridim]

26. My non-crazy, non-holistic vet suggested my epileptic dog avoid booster vaccinations.

Laugh it all away OP, my vet didn't.

[riqster]

28. Once again, medical advice is NOT being mocked here. In fact, quite the opposite.

[underpants]

27. That's hilarious

[leftofcool]

29. My dog's vaccinations made her ADHD!

Oh wait! She's a lab who was already easily distracted! Never mind.