silentrage
Delta Girl
What are your thoughts on this? Not that I am against vaccinations, but it seems that the company, Merck, is throwing around a lot of money to get this type of law passed in many states. I question the ethics of this type of decision.
The CDC has information on the vaccine on its website:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm
Select link for full article:
http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4521884.html
The CDC has information on the vaccine on its website:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm
Select link for full article:
http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4521884.html
Perry orders anti-cancer vaccine for schoolgirls
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON
Associated Press
AUSTIN ? Gov. Rick Perry ordered today that schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making Texas the first state to require the shots.
The girls will have to get Merck & Co.'s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that are responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.
Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass laws in state legislatures across the country mandating it Gardasil vaccine for girls as young as 11 or 12. It doubled its lobbying budget in Texas and has funneled money through Women in Government, an advocacy group made up of female state legislators around the country.
Details of the order were not immediately available, but the governor's office confirmed to The Associated Press that he was signing the order and he would comment Friday afternoon.
Perry has several ties to Merck and Women in Government. One of the drug company's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, his former chief of staff. His current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state director for Women in Government.