Check your condescending attitude, Doc. I am well aware that all medications have side effects, and that driving has inherent risks. My concern is not with tylenol or aspirin, it is with the HPV vaccine. This is being targeted to prepubescent girls. Was it tested on prepubescent girls? I doubt it, but I could be wrong.
Hopefully, a medical person such as yourself is aware that there is a lot of development going on in the bodies of 11, 12 and 13 year old girls. I am not wild about introducing a drug, especially from a manufacturer that has VIOXX listed as one of its recent 'oops' pills, to my 11 year old daughter. That is a decision for me, my wife to make with advice from a PRACTICING pediatrician, not a governor beholden to a drug manufacturer.
I am getting tired of the level of discourse around here lately. Discussion of the policy is excellent, and we can all learn from posting the opinions of experts like this Pediatric association.
But lately it seems that every dispute turns into name-calling and challenging people's character. Without proof, it is mean-spirited to suggest that Governor Perry would sell out your child for a $6,000 donation, or even a $20,000 donation.
Can't we just argue the facts, without impugning people's motives?