" They just want sinful "sluts" to die and/or have their genitals cut out because they had evil sex. "
You have no trouble making ugly - and untrue - statements about others and yet you refuse to acknowledge the very real possibility that Merck is in this for the money only. They are a business, not a philanthropic organization.
Women will continue to die from cervical cancer from the remaining 16 HPV strains this vaccine won't prevent. That's a reality you choose to ignore.
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We weren't talking about you, or your reasoned post.
A casual review of this thread reveals who we talking about.
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"Women will continue to die from cervical cancer from the remaining 16 HPV strains this vaccine won't prevent. That's a reality you choose to ignore."
Yes. But 70% or more will not.
Cutting out 70% of the cancer and 705 of the hysterectomies is a good thing.
Would 1005 be better? Sure. But 70% is a great start.
Sure, Merck -- as a corporation -- is in it for the money only. But of the many individuals within that corporation, I suspect at least a few are in it to save lives. I only know a couple of people in the biological sciences, real rat-slicers, but both of them are personally interested in increasing the standard of living for Americans. You don't spend six years in school studying biomedical engineering and accruing massive debt to make money. You go to law school and sue Merck.
The FDA and the CDC are not in it for the money. They get paid whether or not they approve vaccines and recommend them for public health reasons. If you want to spin a tale of profit-seeking conspiracies between evil corporations and the government, you have to account for those two agencies.