Posted on 09/15/2011 9:55:39 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Heather Burcham died in 2007 when she was 31. Cervical cancer killed her. She was misdiagnosed at age 26, and by the time she knew she had cancer, it was too late for effective treatment.
But she changed lives by living hers so passionately.
She was deeply religious, quick-witted, loving, with a quirky sense of humor; and she was determined to save other young women. Her passion for a cause made her a "Person of the Week" on ABC's "World News" program in 2007. Heather likely would have been shouting from the rooftops in frustration, listening to the current political debate about the HPV vaccine.
For her, the HPV vaccine was about saving lives, not politics, not campaign donations. She probably would have been heartbroken to hear Texas Gov. Rick Perry backtrack from his commitment to have girls vaccinated against cervical cancer.
Perry made her the poster child for his HPV executive decision, and spoke eloquently at her funeral. What a difference four years later as he debates the topic with other Republican candidates.
Her words to ABC News in 2007 still resonate, in light of the current debate in which this one face of the disease has been lost amid the political rhetoric.
"I don't want to have died in vain," she said. "I don't want my life to have no purpose whatsoever, and if I can help spread the word about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine, then I haven't lived in vain."
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
"There’s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given that vaccine ... She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result. There are very dangerous consequences."Bachmann relayed a statement made to her post-debate and followed it up with a "very dangerous consequences" statement of her own. I have a hard time vilifying her for this. I think most rational folks would have an equally hard time, especially those aware of the negative side effects the HPV vaccine can and has exhibited.
Because I thought more information, on the thread, would be better. I used your remark because you assert that HPV causes cancer.
-- I can't help out someone who wants to stay ignorant. --
Well, of course not. Nobody can do that.
We all have our likes and dislikes.
Personally, I don’t like corruption, crony capitalism, pay-to-play, or anything else that puts the political class above We the People. We’ve got enough of that now and people trying to obfuscate this with fluffy bunnies and puppy dogs are being dishonest.
That said, I’ve never been called a curmudgeon before and I’m stoked...I must have hit a milestone! :D
4000 out of 350,000,000
39 out of about at most 500,000
You don't make any sense at all. This has to be an act.
Really? When you have to engage in this sort of hysteric character assignation and reckless demagoguery, you have all ready lost the debate.
Posting volume and hyperbolic rhetoric are not effective substitute for fact and reason.
You are making a total laughing stock of yourself with this sort of posting.
The Huckabee supporters were avid also. They didn’t really intend to help McCain get the nomination, but that was the result. The same thing is happening again. Bachman and Romney are acting as a tag team and Palin is facilitating it, probably for the same reason that Huckabee helped McCain, the VP nomination.
Oh yes it was absolutely vicious; I see she continued to attack him after the debate too right?
Not suppose to make your response personal so stop being an a**.
I don't. It's inexcusable. She can recover her credibility if she apologizes and says she spoke out of error and/or emotion.
The rest of my response is in post #169.
Then you have NO excuse for writing a lying accusation as if you are judge, jury, and executioner... And the luddites worry about little church ladies poking holes in their 'fittest' will survive dogma, while ignoring all the mutations they claim demonstrates progression of life... See now none of the luddites will admit that there is NO 100% certainty that at any give time a mutation maybe, possibly, probably will take place and this 'save' the girls will have NO affect.
Hookay. You Palin supports are out of control.
Hookay. You Palin supporters are out of control.
Remember that Palin has already made a public statement that she could support a Romney candidacy.
But, but, but that's just part of her double-secret plan to win the nomination!!
“I realize that, but HPV is the primary cause of cervical cancer.”
BUT how do you contract HPV?
You are WAY out of line RR. Nobody is claiming Palin is pure as the driven snow however, it sounds pretty much like this is a lie written by sleazebag McGinnis.
I figure the vaccine is a net positive, but you are missing a few factors in your analysis. There is an unstated assumption (maybe true, I don;t know) that 100% of the cervical cancers are accompanied by HPV; and that the vaccination will prevent the cancer.
Some of those 4000 (is that per year?) are, unfortunately, going to happen even if/when HPV vaccination has been mandatory for all, for a generation or two.
Hey smart,, can you guess why half of the 350000000 didn’t get CERVICAL cancer?
cur·mudg·eon (kr-mjn)
n.
An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.
Knock yourself out.
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