The Merck kickbacks were Perry’s motivation for Gardasil.
It doesn’t have anything to do with his concern for girls.
“The Merck kickbacks were Perry’s motivation for Gardasil.
“It doesn’t have anything to do with his concern for girls.
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really? Can you tell us how much money he got as a kickback from Merck?
Yeah that 6000 bucks in Merck money sure made a difference.
That's a pretty serious allegation. Got proof?
If that's case where is the investigation and proof? Gardasil is like number 999 on my list of concerns.
Can you provide the reading public a couple examples of these so-called "kickbacks" from Merck?
What kickbacks? And remember that Perry raised $20 million in campaign donations that year.
Private insurance won’t pay for “opt in” vaccines. Medicaid, CHIP, Indian Health Services and Vaccines for Children were already paying for Gardasil.
http://wingright.org/2011/08/07/dose-of-reason-perry-and-gardasil/
If you look at the Gardasil FR threads from those days opposition fell largely into a couple camps: those who are anti-vaccine and those who believe the HPV vaccine was a commentary on the morals of their daughters.
You cannot have an effective opt-in vaccine health policy. The numbers of persons availing themselves are minuscule and do nothing for the public health. Insurance and gov't programs won't cover them. Mandatory vaccinations are nothing new. Neither is an opt-out policy.
Gardasil is so safe and effective it's been approved for males as well to combat several other cancers linked to the HPV strains it targets.
CDC says 7,500 U.S. men are newly diagnosed with HPV oral, genital or anal cancers yearly. CDC also says 12,000 American women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,000 die each year.
I cannot imagine the world where you argue this is not a legitimate health issue when the vaccine can prevent 20,000 new cancer cases every year.