Posted on 09/13/2011 8:09:37 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
It's just gotten to the point that I have finally had enough of all the people with their "good ideas" that they want to force on me, and it doesn't matter which letter comes after their name.
“Scientologists are nuts, IMO, but they don’t have anything against vaccinations. “
they are against modern medicine in general and Bachmann made a psychiatric claim, that it causes mental retardation.
If this is the best Bachmann can come up with then she's done.
Well, it DOES seem to cause mental retardation among the other GOP candidates.
Maybe her constituent was lying to her, or was a Rat plant, but if the vaccine truly had an unfortunate side effect in the constituent’s daughter of causing brain damage, leading to what would be colloquially called “mental retardation,” that’s something that needs to be faced. I don’t know about killing “little girls,” can you clarify? It could in some circumstances form part of a temptation to a young girl to be a slut. Giving it to boys would be even more controversial in that department because they might fancy themselves to be disease-proof little studs.
All those risks might be chosen by a parent, but to have the weight of the state on them is over the top, and if Bachmann made that point and no other point she did well.
“I was reading that a study didn’t recommend it for mass vaccinations, because the cost of the vaccinations would be greater than the cost of treating the diseases it is supposed to prevent.”
This is the mentality of Obamacare. REALITY, is that a woman who gets this apparently safe vaccination, BEFORE she becomes sexually active, will avoid the most common provable cause of cervical cancer. Even if she waits till her wedding day to become active, there is nothing to argue against getting the vaccinations. Refusal to get this vaccine for a daughter, simply because it is a tacit admission that SOMEDAY, they will become a sexually active person is no better than a Jehovahs Witness refusing to get basic lifesaving treatments.
But i guess it makes better financial sense to wait till she gets cancer, then do a hysterectomy. Great for the collective,,kinda sucks for the INDIVIDUAL that our society is ordered around.
Refusing to recommend the vaccine because it’s cheaper to treat the women who get the cancer is PURE OBAMA. It’s *exactly* the same mentality of Obama saying “Maybe you should take the blue pain pill, instead of the expensive treatment.
Bachmann has truly jumped the shark.
There is no way on earth a teenager gets ‘retarded’ from a vaccine. If she bought that nonsense, she’s not POTUS qualified.
This anti-vaccine BS is nutter territory.
Put ‘em in the crazy aunt attic with Ron Paul and the 911 truthers.
Surprise! Brain infections have psychiatric side effects!
Kaye Bailey tried this on Perry when she ran against him for governor.
It doesn’t fly. It may crawl a few paces but that’s it.
And there are so many lies involved about donations and about the effects of the vaccine that it weakens any argument.
Plus Michele showed herself to be hysterical and ridiculous.
Ties to dog owners??
I did not know that. Bubba (overlarge black lab) and I will have to rethink our position on Perry.
Maybe Bachmann is playing up the risk more than it deserves, but darn tootin’ that brain infections can impact brain function.
I think we disagree on that point, perhaps because we define "cronyism" differently. I think the evidence of cronyism between the TX exec office and Merck is pretty strong, given that Perry's ex chief of staff, Mike Toomey, was Merck's lobbyist in Texas, advocating for the vaccine to be mandatory.
-- certainly insufficient to nix Perry as a candidate. --
I agree with that. Still, after being burned by George Bush's "compassionate conservatism" and other warning signs, I think it is prudent to gaze at political candidates without granting the benefit of the doubt.
I don’t think it’s any secret that Merck fanned out its salesmen to all the states. Perry should have seen this in his big picture.
Did you fail to read post No. 1. The facts are there.
But some people come off as sanctimonious and smug about how they've raised their children, so they are insulted, offended and won't be inconvenienced by having to opt out, so have decided this should not be available as other vaccines have been.
The "shocking" comment from the doctor illustrates the problem. Thank you for sharing that story.
“The parents were not informed about the method to opt out. “
Not true. You are not a Texas parent, apparently, and are not well informed on this.
I have never been to a doctor’s office and failed to see a drug rep from some drug company or another hawking their wares.
Merck does this. All of them do.
But I love the pharmaceutical companies anyway. They have done more good for our health than doctors have.
I should have guessed.
Piddlesquat. It's on the market and can be had by anyone who chooses it. What it does not have is the weight of the state of Texas behond it, even if that weight is "er, ma'am, only a SUGGESTION, fill this here form to get out, and by the way pray your school does not 'loose' [sic] it."
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