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Like all of us, I\u2019m following with great interest the changing landscape of COVID-19 and am especially appreciative of our associations\u2019 continuously updating the profession and providing expert guidance.<\/p>\n

However, I\u2019m troubled by the recommendation that we postpone preventive care. I\u2019m struck by our profession\u2019s long-term discounting of the value of wellness care<\/a>. With tens of millions of Americans turning to home and hearth, spending more time with their four-legged family than ever, is now the time to postpone a rabies or Lepto immunization? Is now the time to not discover that our patients are shedding ascarids? Is it OK to allow a pet to suffer while we defer a dental prophy? I wonder.<\/p>\n

In both the veterinarian and veterinary nurse oath we pledge to protect animal health and welfare, prevent animal suffering, and promote public health. Does public health trump animal health? A healthy human population is dependent on a healthy animal population. A healthy pet population is dependent on our delivering preventive care. Doesn\u2019t public health go hand in hand with animal health? I wonder. There\u2019s no shortage of data supporting the human-animal bond and how the bond supports human health.<\/p>\n

In human health care there is a distinction between elective and non-elective. A tummy tuck is elective, an appendectomy is not. Given today\u2019s COVID-19<\/a> strain on our human health care system, it makes sense for physicians to postpone a tummy tuck.<\/p>\n

What is elective and what is not elective in veterinary care? Are we straining our veterinary health care system? Can we put off a mass removal? Maybe not. It could be malignant. An ovariohysterectomy? We might get an unwanted pregnancy. Maybe not elective. Routine immunizations? What about zoonotic implications? Maybe not. A dental? Should pain be deferred? Maybe not.<\/p>\n

Are we discounting the value of preventive\/wellness care in favor of reactive care, much of which may have been avoided had we been proactive and practiced preventive care in the first place? I wonder. Preventive care is just that: preventive. It\u2019s meant to keep animals healthy and hopefully put off future visits concerning disease and illness.<\/p>\n

Are we setting ourselves up for a boomerang outbreak of parvovirus, heartworm disease or other easily preventable conditions by delaying or limiting care today? How might this impact human health? I wonder. I\u2019ve been told that this recommendation is in part to spare essential supplies. My vendors are telling me we\u2019re OK for now. I\u2019ve heard that the human medical community might ask for veterinary personal protective equipment. Don\u2019t all essential health care providers deserve protection?<\/p>\n

I get that we\u2019re walking a thin line in balancing the health of ourselves, our teams, our clients and the patients in our care. But we\u2019re already taking extraordinary precautions in treating the pets presented to us today. Is delaying a well-care visit appropriate? I don\u2019t know, I wonder. What do you think? Either way, I think I\u2019ll go wash my hands again.<\/p>\n

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