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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  I am not sure why you don't think the vets make $$$? They buy the vaccine from the manufacturer for wholesale prices and then turn around and charge whatever they want to give the shot to the dog......even if the shot is of no value to the dog.
I know of people going to the vets and getting shots for diseases that are not even in their area. A lot of people trusts their vets and don't realize they need to do a lot of research or the vet could be suggestioning things that could harm our dogs...like lepto. |
Of course the vets want to make money. How dare they, huh? I never understand why people think that a doctor should not make a good living. It seems like everyone expects them to go to school for eight years, incur thousands and thousands of dollars in student loans, and then turn around and work for little to nothing, or free in some cases.
What I was referring to is that the vets are not developing these vaccines, it's the pharmaceutical companies. Yes, most are headed by vets and of course the research is done by vets, but your local veterinarian is not sitting behind his desk thinking of ways to get the most money out of your pockets by vaccinating for any and everything and performing costly and unnecessary procedures. Pharmaceutical companies then formulate research and educate the veterinarians on these vaccines, *most* of the time the vet truly believes in what they are recommending and isn't trying to screw you.