So, if anti-vaxers are against vaccinations, how do they vaccinate their pets and livestock?

[yonder]

Or do they? Are they okay with rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, etc.? Are they okay with receiving citations for non-compliance?

Same argument with those who don't believe in medical doctors. What do they do when they get a toothache? Do they visit a dentist or tough it out? Do they knock the tooth out with a figure skate and a coconut ala Tom Hanks?

[Tree-Hugger]

1. Some will do Rabies due to the law

There are a lot of rabid anti-vaxxers in the pet care world. I'm a retired vet tech and I've seen it all with these people.

[ret5hd]

2. Just curious...how many rabid anti-vaxxers have you run across that...

have more than a handful of cattle/sheep/etc? You know, the ones that actually depend on their livestock for a living.

My guess (and only a guess!) is that the more your livelihood depends on your cattle not getting hoof and mouth disease, the more likely you are to vaccinate your herd.

[GemDigger]

4. and getting their tetanus booster shots on schedule.

[Tree-Hugger]

5. Farmers were always way more compliant

I can't recall any of our farmer clients denying vaccines. There was (still is?) an issue of some farmers buying and administering their own vaccines - vets were worried about the sourcing of said vaccines. It's been a long time since I was in large animal medicine, but the majority of clients on that end were very compliant.

Now, when you get to small animal medicine with pets, that's where you find more anti-vaxx sentiments. It was way more common with dog owners, especially breeders.

[yonder]

6. That compliance by the large animal pros makes sense to me.

They ARE business people, after all.

[Shermann]

3. If and when there is a CV-19 vaccine...

...we'll see just how rigid those core anti-vax beliefs really are.

[3catwoman3]

7. About 5 years ago, there was a measles outbreak...

...in a daycare center in the general area of our pediatric office. We were very welcoming when several of the MMR reluctant moms suddenly changed their minds.

Perceived risk can be very influential.

[uriel1972]

8. Come visit the Skepticism, Science and Pseudoscience Forum...

We have cookies and milk. We are the BAD people who rain on the parade of the love and fluffy bunny people , I'm told.
The topic of anti-vaxxers is one that rears it's ugly head quite often.

[yonder]

9. I'll take a peek.