Posted on 02/02/2007 1:28:44 PM PST by YCTHouston
Wow. He is REQUIRING the shots?
Follow the $$$ has never been creepier after reading this article. Disgraceful.
That seems a bit harsh.
"Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit stating that he or she objected to the vaccine for religious or philosophical reasons."
Also, boys don't get cervical cancer (check your anatomy knowledge!) If there was an inoculation against prostate cancer, I'm sure it'd be mandatory, too - would you be complaining that the girls didn't have to get that vaccination?
Illuminati population control. Watch for the infertility reports and hormonal irregularities.
I can understand ordering vaccines for contagious diseases like Measles and Mumps.. but this is going too far. Is this the way the Republican part is going? Nanny State like the Libs?
I'm concerned..
Exactly! My 11 year old daughter will not get this vaccine and I will be contacting Perry's office soon.
Well, boys don't get cervical cancer, but I'm sure as soon as Merck can conceive of something to protect boys from themselves for $350 a pill, they'll force that down our throats too.
"I can understand ordering vaccines for contagious diseases like Measles and Mumps.. but this is going too far."
Exactly what I was thinking. Measles, mumps, polio you can all catch just from wandering around aimlessly at the Walmart. HPV can't be. This vaccine should be 100% voluntary.
Nope - but how is GlaxoSmithKline treating you these days, hm?
"If there was an inoculation against prostate cancer, I'm sure it'd be mandatory, too "
Shhh...don't give Merck and their lobbyists any ideas.
That's probably because boys can't get cervical cancer.
The Girls GET the virus from the boys! How about curing the boys first?
Psst - HPV-types can also be transmitted through simple contact, not just sexual intercourse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus
OK, so now you're advocating that we mandate an untested (in males) vaccination?
If there wasn't an opt-out clause, I'd agree with you. But so long as you can sign yourself OUT of vaccinations, the "mandate" isn't really a mandate, it is just a strongly worded suggestion.
But the issue of whether the state should require ANY vaccinations is separate from whether they should require THIS vaccination.
BTW, as a quasi-libertarian, I am still in favor of vaccination programs, because it IS an area where government has to protect the common good, and only government can do so.
If every other person gets vaccinated, it is in your own interest NOT to be, since you can't get the disease from anybody else and you might be hurt by the vaccine.
But if everybody acts in their own interest, thousands, maybe millions, will die because nobody will get the vaccine.
It is a classic case where government is necessary for society to benefit as a whole where individual greed does not lead to optimal outcomes, or even good outcomes.
It's like having laws about which direction to drive on the street, and speed limits and stop signs. On an individual basis, you could violate all those things from time to time with no harm, but if there were no rules, we'd all be getting our cars fixed.
I can't say I agree with you giving the state the right to come into MY family unit and take away my parenting rights.
Sure, it's been 'safe' for now --- but what long term studies have there been?
Fortunately, I've got a minimum of 5 years before I have to "opt-out" my oldest. (And, for now, unless something changes, I will).
Well, I'm not. And I'm wondering why make it mandatory anyway? HPV isn't a threat like measles or smallpox. If vaccination's such a great idea, then I think parents will go for it if it's right for their kid/s. And if they don't, the kid can get it when the kid's an adult. What's next, BTW? Mandatory anti-obesity meds, if they become available? I think making this mandatory is a rotten idea.
So would an AIDS vaccine if it existed. But the only way somebody can get HIV or HPV is through sexual promiscuity. What Perry did today is NO DIFFERENT than signing a law requiring schoolkids to get vaccinated against AIDS.
This corporate whore Rick Perry (who claims he wants to be the Republican VP candidate in 2008 by the way) has essentially just stated that all Texas teenagers are sluts.
Do you really think that Perry's heart is pure and that he has the best interest of Texans in mind by signing this nonsense? Politicians by nature are whores.
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