just in case

Feb 22, 2008 06:10

you were planning on getting money from the inevitable class action lawsuit that will come from Gardasil, here are a few reasons why you should not:

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milesofsky February 22 2008, 11:38:40 UTC

"when you figure there is no health crisis, you figure the number of cervical cancer patients per year is less than 4,000... And my heart goes out to those women with cervical cancer, especially those who are -innocent victims-, those who have husbands who are unfaithful..."

what.

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secours February 23 2008, 11:44:24 UTC
i guess i wasn't clear -- i'm not anti cervical cancer, i don't think morality or sexuality even has a place in the debate. i think a vaccine that doesn't have much of a record for preventing a disease and more of a potential for harming young children is problematic. i think a genetically modified cancer virus being injected into the bodies of prepubescent girls is a problem. i think that the state of texas mandating this vaccine for school-aged girls is wildly inappropriate and downright dangerous. i think merck seeks to make billions off of this vaccine and i think that governor perry got some sweet deal from the pharmaceutical industry lobbyists who seek to gain a lot from such a mandate.

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sameasiteverwas February 22 2008, 15:20:23 UTC
I'm torn between greedy drug companies and fundamentalist teen-sex-haters.

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secours February 23 2008, 11:47:26 UTC
yeah, see, that doesnt really compute -- when you take a state like texas whose stance on teen-sex-fundementalism is uh, a bit bush-y, you'd think they'd be all against something that, in some people's eyes, seeks to promote promiscuity. things change when you consider the motives behind such a law, and the hooded henchmen of big business who are spiking the koolaid.

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sameasiteverwas February 23 2008, 17:53:09 UTC
but you have to admit that there are scare tactics being used on the other side...like this video, which has bullshit background "scary" theme music running through it, and a woman making a reference to aluminum/alzheimer's which has been totally discredited. Whoever's behind this has an agenda, too. Maybe even a competing treatment.

Not that I'm for mandatory vaccination when there are safety issues, etc., I'd just like to see a more reliable source for than this show for the information. It's like Scientology's anti-psychiatry campaign. They have some good points, esp. about SSRIs being overused/prescribed, but they have their own competing moneymaking scheme to pump, and their "information" on psychiatry can't be trusted whatsoever.

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secours February 23 2008, 20:16:26 UTC
yeah, the video is on some conspiracy theory site, i didn't find it on that web site, i found it on a natural health website. sure, the other side has an agenda, but believe me its not motivated by a profit margin. the competing treatment is being offered by glaxowelcomesmithkline and im sure is just as harmful. btw, the aluminum argument has not been discredited. but believe whatever the nightlty news and fda wants you to -- because we all know the fda wouldn't ever lie to us, right?

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