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 Mar 15 2007, 07:54 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65  |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7031400650.html
QUOTE Gov. Rick Perry's executive order has inflamed conservatives who say it contradicts Texas' abstinence-only sexual education policies and intrudes into family lives. Some critics also have questioned whether the vaccine has been proven safe. The House voted 118-23 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would keep the vaccine off the list of required shots for school attendance. The measure now heads to the state Senate, where more than half the members are co-sponsoring an identical bill. "Dammit. It's our right as Texans to let our children get cancer-causing infections if we want to!" -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Mar 15 2007, 08:08 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
It's a double-edged sword really.
Yes, the vaccine is pretty effective...yet there are no long term trials to determine its safety. Also, it is mandatory thanks in large part to lobbying by the manufacturer of the drug, Merck That right there is shady. This post has been edited by Psykopath: Mar 15 2007, 08:08 PM -------------------- |
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Mar 16 2007, 01:51 AM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
The propoganda has an easy target and playing on sympathies. I don't think this should be required for school. Those are for airborne viruses.
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Mar 16 2007, 02:24 AM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Not to mention, Rick Perry has ties to Merck...
I say make the vaccine available, but don't make it mandatory. -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Mar 16 2007, 07:02 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
recommended but not mandatory.
that way when a parent is teaching solely abstinence and their daughter gets an STD, it's one less lawsuit and one more guilt stricken parent -------------------- |
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Mar 16 2007, 08:10 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
maybe I'm missing something, but how the hell does the bill "contradict Texas' abstinence-only sexual education policies and intrudes into family lives"?
I agree though the bill is stupid. which is probably why it was defeated in a landslide. |
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Mar 16 2007, 08:58 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 16 2007, 07:10 AM) maybe I'm missing something, but how the hell does the bill "contradict Texas' abstinence-only sexual education policies and intrudes into family lives"? I agree though the bill is stupid. which is probably why it was defeated in a landslide. The strains of human papillomavirus that the vaccine protects against are sexually-transmitted strains. So basically Texas would be saying "hey don't have sex, but we know you're little horny fuckers anyway, so take this shot". -------------------- |
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Mar 16 2007, 10:21 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
oh ok... didn't realize it was sexually transmitted
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Mar 16 2007, 10:25 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Yep. Many strains of HPV (the ones that cause common warts) are transmitted by simple contact, but these are primarily (or exclusively, I'm not entirely sure) sexually-transmitted.
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