>>How do you feel about the other state mandated vaccines: measles etc?
Apples to oranges...someone with measles can spread it walking down the hall at school - that doesn’t happen with HPV.
If the voters of Texas wanted this, and if the process had gone thru the legislature like most other legislation, as opposed to Perry attempting to bypass the voters AND the legislature, I would have had less of a problem with it . Fact of the manner he wanted to act like a king and order very young girls to get medication, after intense lobbying by Merck...not somebody I want in the WH.
The ludicrous thing about this whole fiasco, is that if Obama (or any other left leaning governor) had ordered this vaccine for all school aged girls, in the same manner that Perry had in Texas, every single person on FR would rightfully be decrying the over-reaching of an extremist liberal agenda...I guess its a case of selective outrage - it was OK cause your guy did it?...would you be defending the actions if Obama had ordered it?
But kids can walk down the hall at school spewing measles or whatever, because they are allowed a waiver.
So is that ok for you? It's ok for me because I'm consistent on the issue. If there's a waiver available against the latest "science" then a concerned parent can make the right choice for his/her kid.
It doesn't matter if it's crony capitalism for HPV or questionable components and risks of "standard" vaccines to me.
Obviously we agree that nobody should force a child to get the Gardasil shot, but do you think the state should be able "strong arm" the child to take any vaccine?