![]() Often times this means we’re not buying the cheapest vaccines on the market. Simply put, safety is the number one concern when we pick vaccines. If you read the previous post, then you know I’m very “thrifty.”). Cost is usually one of the last things asked (and I usually do it. ![]() Many of the low-cost clinics pick a rabies vaccine based on cost rather than reaction rate. Spending more money may help lower the risk, but no amount of money will completely eliminate it! There is always risk involved in all medical procedures and even the most advanced hospitals with the most skilled staff experience complications. ![]() What is really at stake is what is right for your pet, for you, and for your pocketbook. Every clinic and hospital provides a different standard of care in order to meet the different needs found within the community. I’m focusing on the rabies shot to simplify things and because every pet needs one.įirst, let me get this out of the way, I am not implying that other clinics and hospitals provide sub-standard care. Once you know this, you will know what sorts of questions to ask and why these differences are so important. It is also important to note that while I’m focusing on rabies shots, what I’m saying it also applicable to other vaccines as well. In this second installment, I want to explore why the prices of rabies shots seem so different between different clinics and hospitals. I know I did not know about these differences before I started working in the field. I want to feature different services so that owners can educate themselves about what is important, and ask the right questions. Veterinary medicine is often this way too. While you may be able to get a four-door sedan from Kia and Mercedes, you’re going to find both vehicles are very different. While it may be the same title or named the same, what you’re getting is completely different! This more akin to buying a car. However, many services and items in the veterinary world are not fungible. I know if my car needs gas, I will go to the gas station with the cheapest gas. I understand that there may be certain attributes or brands that result in someone buying one over another, but most of the time we make our choice based on price. These sorts of things are interchangeable such as a gallon of milk, soup, paper towels, etc. In that article I discussed the concept of a “fungible” item or service. ![]() “Why is cost that here and cost this down the street?” I addressed this question in regards to spays and neuters before. On the other hand, there are some very nice pictures of seagulls in flight on the website.Rabies Shots: Why do some places charge such different fees for the “same” service?īy Jim Young – Manager, Bellalago Veterinary Hospital Click on "Developer Website" above, and there's nothing about "WeClean" - whatever they're selling is called "iBooster." Click "Download," and the Mac App Store opens with "WeClean" (doh?) with this message: "This app is currently not available in your country or region." (I'm in the USA.) The application icon (not the same as the one above) in the App Store is a direct ripoff of CCleaner, and is the same (in the App Store) as "WeClean Pro." The Overview above contains the usual nonsensical "translated by Google" verbiage, e.g., "For slow Macs, SimBooster can release RAM to increase the processing speed." From the website (and this is an exact quote, which makes little sense semantically or technically): "iBooster helps you findand delete thoseuseless memory taking associated files." (Yeah, right.) Then, of course, there are all the "in app purchases," which you only find out about when you actually download and run the software. "We Clean" is even weirder than most of the other "cleaner/speeder-upper" applications, which are themselves quite weird to begin with. Time for my patented application WEIRDNESS RATING. Get to know the free macOS application "Activity Monitor," if you want to evaluate your RAM situation. Download and buy TinkerTool System, READ THE MANUAL carefully, then, knowing the advantages and risks of what you want to do, use it. People who use these things must think that somehow their Macs will "run faster."įREE ADVICE: Before you go HACKING AROUND macOS with some sketchy, copycat "cleaner" app, download Onyx, read the help screens before you make any adjustments, and then make a generous donation to the developer. OMG, another Mac "cleaner/speeder-upper" application. ![]()
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