Gay men seek 'female cancer' jab

news.bbc.co.uk ^ | 02/23/07 | Michelle Roberts

[YCTHouston]

Don't expect hocndoc to respond to a thread that ties Perry to the homosexual agenda anytime soon.

[YCTHouston]

Only after their insurer pays for "the operation."

[Old_Mil]

It's not that the vaccine doesn't work for men...it's just that it hasn't yet been approved for men. Clinical trials evaluating Gardasil for guys are underway. Given the effectiveness of the vaccine in trials, I'd imagine that it will eventually be approved for use in men as well.

[hocndoc]

I've noted several times that I expected the gay men request to come up.

More than that - if you're going to get rid of a virus in the population, why not get rid of it in all the subjects, male and female? We vaccinate boys and girls for measles and rubella, even though the major public health risk is for the infants of young women who are infected while pregnant.

My point all along has been that the hoopla is all politics on the part of anti-Republicans and anti-Perry's, as well as the fact that the story sells newspapers.

The bills that were in place, by Van De Putte and Farrar (Look up Farrar's version, HB 215, here) would be much more draconian than Perry's instructions to the DSHS:

(2) (c) A school district, with the written consent of the agency, may provide the information required by this section to its students and their parents by a method different from the method prescribed by the agency under Subsection (a) if the agency determines that the method would be effective in bringing the information to the attention of the parents and guardians of each female student.
SECTION 3. Section 161.0041, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: (d-1) With respect to immunization against human papilloma virus, the affidavit form shall meet the requirements of Subsection (d) and shall contain a statement indicating that the parent, managing conservator, or guardian received the information under Section 161.0102 on the connection between human papilloma virus and cervical cancer.

Wonder why they require that extra bit of warning about the connection between HPV and cancer and who they want the schools to get to inform "by a method different from the method prescribed by the agency"? Perhaps Planned Parenthood?

Forget the fact that the State has to buy and distribute the vaccine for free for all the girls eligible for the Vaccines for Children program (Medicaid, CHIP, Native American and uninsured), already, under federal law.

And not one objecting legislator has yet even raised a whisper that they plan to introduce legislation to make it easier to opt out of any of the mandated vaccines. Which would be the "cure" - or even the "vaccination" - for the whole problem.

[lqclamar]

My point all along has been that the hoopla is all politics on the part of anti-Republicans and anti-Perry's

Anti-Perry? Yes. Because this Perry bozo is a corrupt RINO.

But you have absolutely no right to call us "anti-Republican." Most of the people who oppose the HPV vaccine have done more to elect Republicans in any given year than you've done in your entire life.

[hocndoc]

I should have said "Anti-Republican *or* Anti-Perry."

[lqclamar]

Girls however can catch it from rape, date rape, or a non virgin husband. So vaccinate the girls.

Girls can also catch AIDS from any of those things. Would you be in favor of forcing everybody to take an AIDS vaccine if it existed?

[FormerLib]

There aren't enough vaccines in the world to protect one from the diseases associated with men having sex with men.

[FormerLib]

Or else, what?

[hocndoc]

If the incidence of the death sentence, HIV, were 70% - or, since no one has ever cleared themselves of the virus - yes, the vaccine should be available as soon as proven safe and effective - with an opt-out.