I know that was one of the issues, but it was not by far the biggest issue. The long term effects of said vaccine weren't known yet (and still aren't) to justify mandating them. The million dollar question is, what happens to the people that take this vaccine in 20 years, 25 years, 30 years ?
Will it protect from one form of cancer while increasing the odds for a different kind ? Will it cause birth defects down the road ?
This was basically rushed out there and then mandated, and pretty darn fast. Its one thing to make it voluntary and then study it for years, or even encourage it, but to mandate it and make it a requirement, that was dangerious.
And I actually happen to like Rick Perry, not sure about him for prez, but he I like him more then some of the jokers running now, especially Romney.
“Its one thing to make it voluntary and then study it for years, or even encourage it, but to mandate it and make it a requirement, that was dangerous.”
That’s an excellent point - I wasn’t even thinking of that.
The million dollar question is...”
IMO you have hit the nail soundly on the head. Doesn’t seem like we know long term effects on most everything the kids are taking these days. One of my other concerns is the long term effects on drugs such as Ritalin. And why so many kiddos with autism now?
Re Perry. Parts of him are likeable. Went to a Republican Women’s meeting in Austin recently. He stopped by and ended up spending over an hour with us and answered everybody’s questions quite plainly, openly and honestly without a lot of double political talk - unlike some of our politicians such as Olson and Cornyn. I think people like him can have more influence remaining as a governor.