Posted on 09/13/2011 11:03:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Gov. Rick Perry's 2007 attempt to require that girls in Texas be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV, has become a political hot potato. But Dr. Ronald DePinho, the new president of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, says the vaccine is not just sound but "one of the great scientific advances in the history of medicine."
In last night's GOP presidential debate, Perry faced repeated criticism from other candidates for his HPV push. Michele Bachmann said it was “flat out wrong” to require that “innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order.”
Part of Bachmann's critique was that Perry's executive order, which he now says he would handle differently, was the byproduct of cronyism. Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey was a lobbyist for the drug company Merck, maker of the vaccine, at the time. In interviews following the debate, Bachmann reportedly went even further, suggesting that the vaccine was a ""a very dangerous drug" and could cause "mental retardation."
But today, in an interview with the Tribune, DePinho said that as a physician, as the president of a leading cancer research institution and as a father of two young girls, "there's only one path here, which is to support vaccination."
"To do anything else would be unethical," DePinho said.
His recommendation for anyone who opposes the vaccine: "Visit one patient with cervical cancer in an advanced state."
No, I wouldn’t try and stop anyone’s free speech. I just wanted you to know that I’m tired of your bullying tone on FR.
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I’m BULLYING who?
Please stop trolling on Perry threads. Thank You.
"RP65 - Relating to the immunization of young women
from the cancer-causing Human Papillomavirus.
Friday, February 02, 2007 o Executive Order
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
Rules.The Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner
shall adopt rules that mandate the age appropriate vaccination
of all female children for HPV prior to admission to the sixth grade."
The definition of mandate is a command by a person,
group, or organization (the 'mandator') to another
(the 'mandatary') to act in a particular way, or here
to ingest, inject, imbed a poison or other substance
they do not want and for which informed consent was
never taken.
I wonder which cancer institue you would turn to if, god forbids, that should be necessary? Maybe you can find one that dosn’t believe in modern drugs.
Also, who do you think does the research on drugs to find drug advances? Drug companies such as Merck.
So you and Perry SWEAR that the FDA and your Office
say Gardasil PREVENTS Cancer, right?
Challenge:
Perry must resign by Friday if you cannot prove that.
You have a bullying tone which you use on everyone who doesn’t think Rick Perry is the bee’s knees.
I am so sick of this. There is a difference between “supporting” something, and making it a required vaccine for school attendance. The government, once again, has NO RIGHT to mandate a vaccine if a child can’t contract it sitting next to another in school. The opt-out provision isn’t the point. The point is that Perry obviously has no problem with using the power of the state for social engineering.
No need to BUY condoms, because condoms are distributed FREE by government health service centers. And besides, both daughters do not believe in sex before marriage, so need for condoms.
How are the two HPV vaccines similar?Both vaccines are very effective against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause most cervical cancers. So both vaccines prevent cervical cancer in women.
The president of top cancer center in the country is working with a pharmaceutical company to treat cancer? Who would have thought that could happen? It's a travesty I tell ya. Somebody oughta do something.
These damn drug companies should be creating drugs without any collaboration with research hospitals. It's a conflict of interest, dadgummit!
Grab a brain, will ya?
I post threads with information. I provide quotes, excerpts and links. I add my opinion. And I defend my position and the facts to quite a few posters who are quite loose with the truth, fast with their spin and short on civility.
If by standing firm in the face of all the response I receive is "a bullying tone" to you, I don't know how to dissuade you from that.
What a great line. Perhaps Michele Bachman should adopt it? I don’t think so.
Ms. Bachman stepped in it.
Well, you’re the most obnoxious poster on ANY thread and likewise, that’s just an “observation, not a criticism”.
You've lost it.
communicable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
The vectors for transmitting HPV are limited, but it certainly is a communicable disease - it is passed from person to person. And the reason the recommended age for the vaccine is so young is that once a girl is sexually active and is exposed to the virus, the vaccine is useless - it is then just a game of Russian Roulette, waiting to see if you get the big "C" or not. Considering that almost half of teenagers surveyed will admit to having sexual intercourse by age 19 (this does not count oral sex, which is another mode of transmission and can cause oral cancers), there are a lot of girls/women who could be saved by the vaccination.
Of course, parental rights are primary. Perry apparently thought the easy opt-out provision was sufficient to protect those rights, but others disagree.
Remember, the dog barks and the caravan moves on. I'm afraid nothing I write will stop your caravan, lol.
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