Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Barbara Loe Fisher Commentary: There is a an old saying in politics: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. Texas Governor Rick Perry should have remembered that old saying before crowning himself King and wielding his executive branch power like a scepter over the Texas legislature in order to force all little girls in Texas to get three doses of Merck's HPV vaccine, GARDASIL. The funny thing about it is that Merck had launched a massive PR/advertising blitz for GARDASIL on TV and in magazines and, with a little help from some friends, was successfully simultaneously introducing bills in multiple states with a military precision not seen since the invasion of Iraq. It was breathtaking in scope and public health officials, many doctors, politicians and editors were giving GARDASIL a standing ovation as the greatest advancement in the history of vaccines and cancer prevention. Flush with the victory of having convinced the FDA that GARDASIL should be fast- tracked into early licensure in the summer of 2006 and with unanimous blessing by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that GARDASIL should be used by all pre-adolescent girls, Merck was on a roll.Merck was on a roll until parents, who were being threatened with state mandates forcing their little girls to get three doses of GARDASIL, started to object after taking a closer look at the evidence for the safety, efficacy and costs of GARDSIL to prevent 3700 cases of cervical cancer every year that can be prevented with routine pap screening and early treatment of pre-cancerous signs. Some legislators and investigative reporters started asking questions. It was revealed that Merck was, in effect, funding the political effort to get many states to mandate the vaccine. The National Vaccine Information Center issued a press release on Feb. 1 questioning how Merck could possibly know whether it was safe to give GARDASIL to little girls when they only studied less than 2,000 of them in pre-licensure clinical trials and when reports were already coming into VAERS that indicated some pretty serious health events were occurring after GARDASIL vaccination. Some legislators in some states pulled state mandate proposals or modified them to include opt-in provisions for parents. Then Merck choked, convincing the Governor of Texas to put on his cowboy hat and perform the Heimlich maneuver. But what they didn't count on was public opinion when it comes to messing around with the democratic process and freedom.After PROVE's Dawn Richardson stood her ground against HPV vaccine mandates in Texas on NBC's "Today Show"and legislators and doctors alike told "King Perry" on Tuesday that he had gone too far, today an MSNBC poll of more than 85,000 responders shows that the majority of Americans do not think HPV vaccine mandates are right.Actually, the Governor of Texas and Merck may have done America a favor: the debate about the threat to freedom and the democratic process posed by forced vaccination policies, the influence of corporations in the political process, and abuse of power by the chiefs of executive branches of government is now being openly discussed. Let freedom ring. http://washingtontimes.com/business/20070202-100152-9747r.htm http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/02/07/ap/health/d8n3vsoo2.txt http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4532274.html "Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky Ward Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 There have been allegations that the AIDS epidemic was started by the HIV vaccination to gays in selected cities. If we allow the government to mandate vaccinations on all preadolescent girls, what is to stop this current government or some future government from sterilizing a generation of girls. Mandating this untested vaccine is also akin to the type of medical experiments that took place in Nazi Germany. In a free country, we should have the right to choose what medical interventions take place on our bodies and the bodies of our children. Sincerely, Cheryl Roundswww.blissfullyorganic.com Helping to heal the planet one person at a time It's here! Your new message!Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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