VIOXX-Merck Payoff: TX Governor MANDATES INOCULATION

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re: Merck Payoff: Texas Gov Executive Orders STD Vaccines All Girls

 

We've been talking of the forthcoming MANDATED requirement for ALL future

mothers to be inoculated by VIOXX-Merck(certain to be at government

expense--$400/jabbing) for about a year; I thought the mandate would result from

Merck's successful lobbying of the FDA and various state legislators. How

naive---so much easier and direct--- a to the chief executive in TX to use an

" executive order " just seemed too outrageous--never dawned o me that these

criminals would dare be so ballsy. Perry is learning well from a predecessor.

Shaaag

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Are you mad yet?

 

 

 

See below, Alan Cantwell's connenction between George Merck HEPATITIS B

VACCINE

+ AIDS.

 

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FYI

 

The Associated Press reports that Merck--the company responsible

for the

tens of thousands of preventable heart attacks and deaths due to

its failure

to disclose the cardiac risk of its now outlawed drug, Vioxx--is

now

bankrolling efforts to pass state laws REQUIRING girls as young

as 11 to be

vaccinated with its new vaccine, Gardasil, for the possible

prevention of

cervical cancer in the future!!

 

What is worse than appalling is that Merck has not only hired

lobbyists to

push for legislation that tramples on parental rights and

responsibilities,

the company has also funneled money through Women in Government,

an advocacy

group made up of female state legislators around the country.

 

It is estimated that Merck could generate at least $1 billion in

sales per

year--at $360 for the three-shot regimen. Billions more IF

Gardasil were

made mandatory across the country.

 

If we've learned nothing else these last few years, it is that

the worst

adverse effects of a new medicine--drug or vaccine--are not

evident when

first marketed. So aside from issues of parental rights

colliding with

industry-friendly government policies, the vaccine has not proven

itself

safe and effective in the marketplace. Does anyone remember

hormone

replacement and its broken promise?

 

Unlesss Merck and the government sign written guarantees that

they will

assume all responsiblity for any and all adverse effects that may

occur

after being exposed to the vaccine, Gardasil, it is downright

reckless and

irresponsible to adopt any MANDATORYpolicy.

 

 

Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav

212-595-8974

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doctorplum , " rafeswhiterose " <mamasuntwinkle

wrote:

 

This morning's news from America provides a vivid example of government

corruption involving pharmaceutical lobbying, bribing and manipulating health

care policy decisions. Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, has issued an order

to vaccinate ALL Texas girls with Merck's STD vaccine without a thought about

the possible adverse side effects that may pose serious risks to these

girls--especially their reproductive function.

 

Not so long ago, hormone replacement therapy was widely prescribed on the basis

of CLAIMS that turned out to be false. HRT was supposed to reduce breast cancer,

stroke, and heart attacks--not only did it fail to deliver on these promises,

HRT increased ovarian cancer.

 

A science teacher who learned about the order wrote to us this morning: " I am so

bothered by the speed by which adults are ready to put chemicals into little

girls bodies without a full understanding of what harm those chemicals could

cause in the short and long term. Is there any kind of campaign against this

being waged? " The Governor of Texas clearly has given no consieration for the

potential harm that his order might cause the girls.

 

Noteworthy are the ties that bind the Governor to Merck and to Women in

Government, the group that Merck paid to lobby for this mind-boggling order. The

Associated Press reports that one of Merck's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike

Toomey, Perry's former chief of staff. His current chief of staff's

mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state

director for Women in Government. The governor also received $6,000 from Merck's

political action committee during his re-election campaign.

 

Also noteworthy is that under then governor George W. Bush, TMAP, the

pharmaceutical manufacturers' cash cow to mega-billion dollar cash transference

from the public purse to Big Pharma, was launched. TMAP (Texas

mediction algorithm project) is the vehicle that catapulted psychotropic

drugs--in particular patent protected antidepressants and antipsychotics--to

blockbuster status despite lack of scientific evidence that the drugs work to

improve mental health, and despite evidence that these drugs wreak havoc on both

the mental and physical health of consumers.

 

Health care policy under the influence of Big Pharma isillustrated by 13 year

old Aliah Gleason of Texas who was prescribed 12 psychotropic drugs --many

simultaneously--without her parents' consent.

See: Waters, R. Medicating Aliah, Mother Jones, May/June 2005

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/medicating_aliah.html

 

Governor Perry, does your order to vaccinate all 11 year old girls mean that you

are eliminating parental rights? What if parents refuse to give consent to

vaccinate their daughter?

==============

 

Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls

Decision comes after maker of cervical cancer shot doubled lobbying efforts

 

Feb 2, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry

issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls

get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical

cancer. By employing an executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the

Legislature from conservatives and parents' rights groups who fear such a

requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way Texans raise

their children.

 

Beginning in September 2008, girls entering the sixth grade - meaning,

generally, girls ages 11 and 12 - will have to receive Gardasil, Merck & Co.'s

new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV.

 

Perry also directed state health authorities to make the vaccine available free

to girls 9 to 18 who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover vaccines.

In addition, he ordered that Medicaid offer Gardasil to women ages 19 to 21.

 

Perry, a conservative Christian who opposes abortion and stem-cell research

using embryonic cells, counts on the religious right for his political base. But

he has said the cervical cancer vaccine is no different from the one

that protects children against polio. " The HPV vaccine provides us with an

incredible opportunity to effectively

target and prevent cervical cancer, " Perry said.

 

Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass state laws across the country mandating

Gardasil for girls as young as 11 or 12. It doubled its lobbying budget in Texas

and has funneled money through Women in Government, an advocacy group made up of

female state legislators around the country.

 

Perry tied to Merck

Perry has ties to Merck and Women in Government.

One of the drug company's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, Perry's

former chief of staff. His current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas

Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state director for Women in

Government. The governor also received $6,000 from Merck's political action

committee during his re-election campaign.

 

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The order is effective until Perry or a successor changes it, and the

Legislature has no authority to repeal it, said Perry spokeswoman Krista Moody.

Moody said the Texas Constitution permits the governor, as head of

the executive branch, to order other members of the executive branch to adopt

rules like this one.

 

Legislative aides said they are looking for ways around the order for parents

who oppose it.

" He's circumventing the will of the people, " said Dawn Richardson, president of

Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education, a citizens group that fought for the

right to opt out of other vaccine requirements. " There are bills filed. There's

no emergency except in the boardrooms of Merck, where this is failing to gain

the support that they had expected. "

 

Opt-out option for parents

Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit objecting

to the vaccine on religious or philosophical reasons. Even with such provisions,

however, conservative groups say such requirements

interfere with parents' rights to make medical decisions for their children.

 

The federal government approved Gardasil in June, and a government advisory

panel has recommended that all girls get the shots at 11 and 12, before they are

likely to be sexually active.

 

The New Jersey-based drug company could generate billions in sales if Gardasil -

at $360 for the three-shot regimen - were made mandatory across the country.

Most insurance companies now cover the vaccine, which has been shown to have no

serious side effects. Merck spokeswoman Janet Skidmore would not say how much

the company is spending on lobbyists or how much it has donated to Women in

Government. Susan Crosby, the group's president, also declined to specify how

much the drug company gave.

 

A top official from Merck's vaccine division sits on Women in Government's

business council, and many of the bills around the country have been introduced

by members of Women in Government.

 

 

ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP)

Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability

http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com

Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav

212-595-8974

veracare

 

 

 

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Associated Press

Merck lobbies states to require cervical-cancer vaccine for

schoolgirls

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 -

 

AUSTIN, Texas - Merck & Co. is helping bankroll efforts to pass

state laws

requiring girls as young as 11 or 12 to receive the drugmaker's

new vaccine

against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus.

 

Some conservatives and parents'-rights groups say such a

requirement

would encourage premarital sex and interfere with the way they

raise their

children, and they say Merck's push for such laws is underhanded.

But the

company said its lobbying efforts have been above-board.

 

With at least 18 states debating whether to require Merck's

Gardasil

vaccine for schoolgirls, Merck has funneled money through Women

in

Government, an advocacy group made up of female state legislators

around the

country.

 

A top official from Merck's vaccine division sits on Women in

Government's business council, and many of the bills around the

country have

been introduced by members of Women in Government.

 

" Cervical cancer is of particular interest to our members

because it

represents the first opportunity that we have to actually

eliminate a

cancer, " Women in Government President Susan Crosby said.

 

Gardasil, approved by the federal government in June,

protects girls and

women against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that

are

responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. A government

advisory panel

has recommended that all girls get the shots at 11 and 12, before

they are

likely to be sexually active.

 

But no state has yet to add Gardasil to the list of

vaccinations

youngsters must have under law to be enrolled in school.

 

Merck spokeswoman Janet Skidmore would not say how much the

company is

spending on lobbyists or how much it has donated to Women in

Government.

Crosby also declined to specify how much the drug company gave.

 

But Skidmore said: " We disclosed the fact that we provide

funding to

this organization. We're not in any way trying to obscure that. "

 

The New Jersey-based drug company could generate billions in

sales if

Gardasil _ at $360 for the three-shot regimen _ were made

mandatory across

the country. Most insurance companies now cover the vaccine,

which has been

shown to have no serious side effects.

 

Cathie Adams, president of the conservative watchdog group

Texas Eagle

Forum, said the relationship between Merck and Women in

Government is too

cozy.

 

" What it does is benefit the pharmaceutical companies, and I

don't want

pharmaceutical companies taking precedence over the authorities

of parents, "

she said.

 

Adams said Merck's method of lobbying quietly through groups

like Women

in Government in addition to meeting directly with legislators

are common in

state government but still should raise eyebrows. " It's corrupt

as far as

I'm concerned, " she said.

 

A mandatory vaccine against a sexually transmitted disease

could be a

tough sell in the Lone Star State and other conservative

strongholds, where

schools preach abstinence and parents' rights are sacrosanct.

 

But Merck has doubled its spending on lobbyists in Texas this

year, to

between $150,000 and $250,000, as lawmakers consider the vaccine

bill for

girls entering the sixth grade.

 

Also, the drugmaker has hired one of the state's most

powerful

lobbyists, Mike Toomey, who once served as Republican Gov. Rick

Perry's

chief of staff and can influence conservatives who see him as one

of their

own.

 

" What we support are approaches that achieve high

immunization rates, "

said Skidmore, the Merck spokeswoman. " We're talking about

cervical cancer

here, the second-leading cancer among women worldwide. "

 

The legislation already has the enthusiastic support of the

conservative

governor.

 

" I look at this no different than vaccinating our children

for polio, "

Perry said. " If there are diseases in our society that are going

to cost us

large amounts of money, it just makes good economic sense, not to

mention

the health and well being of these individuals to have those

vaccines

available. "

 

Proposals for mandates have popped up from California to

Connecticut

since the first piece of legislation was introduced in September

in

Michigan. Michigan's bill was narrowly defeated last month.

Lawmakers said

the requirement would intrude on families' privacy, even though,

as in most

states' proposals, parents could opt out.

 

Even with such opt-out provisions, mandates take away

parents' rights to

make medical decisions for their children, said Linda Klepacki of

the

Colorado-based evangelical organization Focus on the Family. The

group

contends the vaccine should be available for parents who want it,

but not

forced on those who don't.

 

But Texas Rep. Jessica Farrar said her proposal is aimed at

protecting

children whose parents are less informed about or less interested

in

preventive care.

 

" Not everybody has equal sets of parents, " said Farrar, a

Houston

Democrat who had precancerous cells removed from her cervix

several years

ago. " I think this is a public health issue and to not want to

eradicate

cervical cancer is irresponsible. "

 

Drug-industry analyst Steve Brozak of W.B.B. Securities has

projected

Gardasil sales of at least $1 billion per year _ and billions

more if states

start requiring the vaccine. " I could not think of a bigger

boost, " he said.

 

C Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

 

Alan Cantwell <alancantwell wrote:

Alan Cantwell <alancantwell

Re: All 11- and 12-year-old girls would get MANDATORY shots against

cervical cancer.?

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 16:59:12 -0700

Bob Dunbar <robertaldermandunbar

 

Remember it was Merck (long history of biowarfare connections between

George Merck, the founder -- headed b/w research under Roosevelt in

WW2) -- Merck made the experimental hepatitis B vaccine injected into

gays THAT IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDED THE OUTBREAK OF 'GAY PLAGUE' = AIDS IN

NYC Gay men.

 

 

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,130,000 English pages for HEPATITIS B VACCINE

+ AIDS. (0.09 seconds)

 

 

 

 

Hepatitis B vaccine experiment

Hepatitis B vaccine experiment & AIDS Hepatitis vaccination. " There is

no question that HIV was introduced into the US male homosexual

population via the ...

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On Jul 4, 2006, at 4:41 AM, Bob Dunbar wrote:

 

>Mandated to those unfortunate enough enough to still be in public school

system)

What sort of testing was done do you suppose? Could vaccine have that AIDS

characteristic==that is being ethno-specific? Who were test subjects? NOW we're

getting to the real nitty-gritty of population control with government forced

chemicals on ALL potential mothers. Has Merck management developed a

'Chutzpah' pill for use by their head criminals; I'd have thought on the heels

of VIOXX murders, they'd have elected to go for a little lower profile. $360

per jabbing. Could any government subsidy be in the cards? These guys are

RELENTLESS--- Wonder if Rumsfeld or Krongard or any FDA officials are heavily

invested in their stock? Is a bear Catholic? Are you mad yet? UncBob

Panel Wants Vaccine to Be Routine All 11- and 12-year-old girls would get

shots against cervical cancer. Some conservatives oppose a mandate; states will

have to decide.

By Denise Gellene, Times Staff Writer

June 30, 2006

 

 

Federal health experts recommended Thursday that all 11- to 12-year-old girls

routinely get a newly approved cervical cancer vaccine, paving the way for

private insurers and the federal government to pay for shots that could save

thousands of lives in the U.S. each year.

doctorplum , " rafeswhiterose " <mamasuntwinkle wrote:

 

This morning's news from America provides a vivid example of government

corruption involving pharmaceutical lobbying, bribing and manipulating

health care policy decisions. Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, has

issued an order to vaccinate ALL Texas girls with Merck's STD vaccine

without a thought about the possible adverse side effects that may pose

serious risks to these girls--especially their reproductive function.

 

Not so long ago, hormone replacement therapy was widely prescribed on

the basis of CLAIMS that turned out to be false. HRT was supposed to

reduce breast cancer, stroke, and heart attacks--not only did it fail

to deliver on these promises, HRT increased ovarian cancer.

 

A science teacher who learned about the order wrote to us this morning:

" I am so bothered by the speed by which adults are ready to put

chemicals into little girls bodies without a full understanding of what

harm those chemicals could cause in the short and long term. Is there

any kind of campaign against this being waged? " The Governor of Texas

clearly has given no consieration for the potential harm that his order

might cause the girls.

 

Noteworthy are the ties that bind the Governor to Merck and to Women in

Government, the group that Merck paid to lobby for this mind-boggling

order. The Associated Press reports that one of Merck's three lobbyists

in Texas is Mike Toomey, Perry's former chief of staff. His current

chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne

White Delisi, is a state director for Women in Government. The governor

also received $6,000 from Merck's political action committee during his

re-election campaign.

 

Also noteworthy is that under then governor George W. Bush, TMAP, the

pharmaceutical manufacturers' cash cow to mega-billion dollar cash

transference from the public purse to Big Pharma, was launched. TMAP

(Texas

mediction algorithm project) is the vehicle that catapulted

psychotropic drugs--in particular patent protected antidepressants and

antipsychotics--to blockbuster status despite lack of scientific

evidence that the drugs work to improve mental health, and despite

evidence that these drugs wreak havoc on both the mental and physical

health of consumers.

 

Health care policy under the influence of Big Pharma isillustrated by 13

year old Aliah Gleason of Texas who was prescribed 12 psychotropic drugs

--many simultaneously--without her parents' consent. See: Waters, R.

Medicating Aliah, Mother Jones, May/June 2005

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/medicating_aliah.html

<http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/medicating_aliah.html>

 

Governor Perry, does your order to vaccinate all 11 year old girls mean

that you are eliminating parental rights? What if parents refuse to

give consent to vaccinate their daughter?

==============

Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls

Decision comes after maker of cervical cancer shot doubled lobbying

efforts

 

Feb 2, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov.

Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to

require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually

transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. By employing an

executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the

Legislature from conservatives and parents' rights groups who fear such

a requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way

Texans raise their children.

 

Beginning in September 2008, girls entering the sixth grade - meaning,

generally, girls ages 11 and 12 - will have to receive Gardasil, Merck

& Co.'s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or

HPV.

 

Perry also directed state health authorities to make the vaccine

available free to girls 9 to 18 who are uninsured or whose insurance

does not cover vaccines. In addition, he ordered that Medicaid offer

Gardasil to women ages 19 to 21.

 

Perry, a conservative Christian who opposes abortion and stem-cell

research using embryonic cells, counts on the religious right for his

political base. But he has said the cervical cancer vaccine is no

different from the one

that protects children against polio. " The HPV vaccine provides us with

an incredible opportunity to effectively

target and prevent cervical cancer, " Perry said.

 

Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass state laws across the country

mandating Gardasil for girls as young as 11 or 12. It doubled its

lobbying budget in Texas and has funneled money through Women in

Government, an advocacy group made up of female state legislators

around the country.

 

Perry tied to Merck

Perry has ties to Merck and Women in Government. One of the drug

company's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, Perry's former chief

of staff. His current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican

state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state director for Women in

Government. The governor also received $6,000 from Merck's political

action committee during his re-election campaign.

 

Click for related content

* Vote: Should states require the shot? /id/16948399/

* Discuss: What do you think?

http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?BoardID=762 & ThreadID=18557\

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* Assess your risk for cervical cancer /id/3295154/

* Disparities remain as cervical cancer cases drop /id/16948768/

* Drugmaker wants law to require STD shot /id/16891832/

 

The order is effective until Perry or a successor changes it, and the

Legislature has no authority to repeal it, said Perry spokeswoman Krista

Moody. Moody said the Texas Constitution permits the governor, as head

of

the executive branch, to order other members of the executive branch to

adopt rules like this one.

 

Legislative aides said they are looking for ways around the order for

parents who oppose it.

" He's circumventing the will of the people, " said Dawn Richardson,

president of Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education, a citizens

group that fought for the right to opt out of other vaccine

requirements. " There are bills filed. There's no emergency except in the

boardrooms of Merck, where this is failing to gain the support that they

had expected. "

 

Opt-out option for parents

Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit

objecting to the vaccine on religious or philosophical reasons. Even

with such provisions, however, conservative groups say such

requirements

interfere with parents' rights to make medical decisions for their

children.

 

The federal government approved Gardasil in June, and a government

advisory panel has recommended that all girls get the shots at 11 and

12, before they are likely to be sexually active.

 

The New Jersey-based drug company could generate billions in sales if

Gardasil - at $360 for the three-shot regimen - were made mandatory

across the country. Most insurance companies now cover the vaccine,

which has been shown to have no serious side effects. Merck spokeswoman

Janet Skidmore would not say how much the company is spending on

lobbyists or how much it has donated to Women in Government. Susan

Crosby, the group's president, also declined to specify how much the

drug company gave.

 

A top official from Merck's vaccine division sits on Women in

Government's business council, and many of the bills around the country

have been introduced by members of Women in Government.

 

 

 

 

 

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