Land of the Free?

If I were a woman and lived in Texas I would leave the State.

Despite all of the pronouncements of democracy and civil rights (from whichever side of the political fence), this is just wrong. The overall ethics relating to compulsory vaccinations are discussed here in an interesting article. My position on this relates to the whole lobbying for financial gain aspect NOT womens rights.

Why? For so many reasons it is almost impossible to list them all.

1. Mass medication.
2. Bypassing due process of consultation.
3. Decision making as a result of received payments (some might call this bribes).
4. Decision made upon personal belief rather than fact.

Add your own. It is not difficult.

Does anyone have clear figures relating to the risk factors and incidences of cervical cancer prior to this? I would love to know. Here is some information. Seems an awful lot of money to spend when the efficacy of a product is not necessarily proven.

There are some 4,000 deaths in America from cervical cancer (what is the Texas figure). This is obviously a bad number, but as a relative percentage of the total population this is minuscule. Do not get me wrong, I believe that positive awareness is a good thing. What I am raising here is the lack of choice in the decision making process and the fact that the lobbying by a major drug company is clearly profit based rather than care based? And I will not even enter into the abstinence / condom debate either.

What is particularly disturbing is a large corporate who will make huge profits ($360 for the three-shot regimen per person!) should their product get approval by legislation. From the article "Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass state laws across the country mandating Gardasil for girls as young as 11 or 12."

Imagine if it was McDonald's or Burger King who did this.

Both Merck (who have some interesting free online reference guides) and Perry should be ashamed of themselves. Wrong$$, wrong$$, wrong$$, wrong$$, wrong$$$$$$$$$$$.