[Alter Kaker]

Nobody's daughter's life is being "threatened" in any normal sense of the word by not taking this vaccine. There are 150 million women in the United States and less than 10,000 cases of cervical cancer a year.

But you still have 10,000 people getting a completely preventable cancer each year. Again if you don't vaccinate her, you're putting your daughter at completely unnecessary risk. That's not hyperbole.

[lqclamar]

But you still have 10,000 people getting a completely preventable cancer each year.

Actually 9,000, as roughly 90% of cervical cancer is HPV related. Either way though, it's a miniscule portion of a population of 150 million women. More people die from falling off a ladder every year than that, but I don't see you calling on the government to ban ladders.

Again if you don't vaccinate her, you're putting your daughter at completely unnecessary risk. That's not hyperbole.

Except that the "risk" you describe is so miniscule that it is exceeded in danger by many normal routine daily kids activities such as getting in the car, getting on the school bus, riding a bike, and climbing on the jungle gym. And that is why I say you are engaging in hyperbole.

[af_vet_rr]

Again if you don't vaccinate her, you're putting your daughter at completely unnecessary risk.

Why not leave that decision up to the parents, just as it's the parents responsibility to decide if their children can cross the street or walk down to the playground (both of which carry some risk in and of themselves).

You make some good points, but you fail to address why Rick Perry should be the one making this decision for us, instead of parents. Sure, if you file some papers (nevermind the fact that you are going into a state database as somebody who refused a vaccine) you can opt out now, but it's pretty clear you won't be able to opt out in the future.

As well, this is driven by political cronyism. Perry is doing this because there's money in it somehow for he or his friends (in the case of political donations/support last year, etc.). He's not doing this because he is concerned about every young girl.

[omega4179]

leaving the house is an unecessary risk too.