What was wrong about it was that the drug was not tested long enough. He made it a mandate that a person had to go to the trouble to opt out of.
Of course the men were not required.
It has a very ugly appearance, no matter how you slice it, when you take any money at all from the company who made a drug you were forcing on to people.
Nobody can prove intent, but if a dem had done it, we would be screaming.
It was a terrible policy decision on behalf of Perry. On multiple grounds. But, to accuse him of being corrupt and having mandated it to profit Merck is just downright ugly.
“What was wrong about it was that the drug was not tested long enough. He made it a mandate that a person had to go to the trouble to opt out of.”
Opting out was easy.
I have just about had enough of the BULL. The vaccine was tested for years. It was approved by the FDA. It was recommended by the American Academic of Pediatrics. It was recommended by the CDC. It was recommended the National Cancer Institute and by other professional bodies as well.
It had to be "opt out" to ensure coverage by health insurance, medicaid and other programs.
Of course the men were not required.
Men cannot get cervical cancer. At the time, Gardasil was approved only for that use.
If you paid attention for one scintilla of a second to this issue you'd know a couple years later the FDA approved Gardasil for HPV-related cancers in males.
It's now used to prevent multiple cancers caused by just a few of over 150 HPV strains in males and females.
National Cancer Institute - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines