[driftdiver]

“She should say “I don’t know. Let me ask a real doctor and I will give you an informed response.”

So only doctors should have a say on public policy? Perhaps you’d just let the AMA write laws and bypass Congress and the President.

[ari-freedom]

“So only doctors should have a say on public policy? Perhaps you’d just let the AMA write laws and bypass Congress and the President.”

No, we’ll let Suzanne Somers have a say instead. /sarc

[Domalais]

So only doctors should have a say on public policy? Perhaps you’d just let the AMA write laws and bypass Congress and the President.

The problem isn't with the policy, the problem is with her facts - or lack thereof.

It's one thing to say "I don't think the HPV vaccine should be mandatory because the state does not have the right to mandate health care."

It's a completely different thing to say "I don't think the HPV vaccine should be mandatory because it will turn your kid retarded!"

One is a public policy based on conservatism. The other is public policy based on the rejection of science, critical thinking, and reason. Every ridiculous stereotype of conservatives as far-right religious anti-science nuts is embodied in Bachmann.