[antiRepublicrat]

Talk about defeat from the jaws of victory. He doesn't care about how many lives this may save, he only cares about how it applies to his agenda.

(which of course is how it’s perceived because that is how it’s being promoted)

I don't know any more about this than what I've heard on the news. The perception I got was the truth -- it stops several strains of a sexually transmitted virus that are the main cause of cervical cancer.

Furthermore, the guy's an ignoramus who can't do simple research:

a name derived from Venus, the pagan goddess of sexual promiscuity

Venus was the goddess of love and beauty, not promiscuity. In fact, she was associated protection against vice (specifically, adultry and inchastity) and promotion of motherhood and domestic duties.

[Xenophon450]

Aphrodite which is the Roman goddess's Greek name, slept with many other Gods besides her lawfully wed husband Hephaestus/Vulcan, one being Ares/Mars. Promiscuity was not her official patron activity but she got around needless to say...