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Merck To Halt Lobbying For Vaccine
theodp writes "Reacting to a furor from some parents, advocacy groups, and public health experts, Merck said yesterday that it would stop lobbying state legislatures to require the use of its new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which acts against strains of the sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus. The $400, 3-shot regimen was approved by the FDA in June. Later that month, a federal advisory panel recommended that females 11-26 years old be vaccinated. The governor of Texas has already signed an executive order making its use mandatory for schoolgirls."
To those who hold those views, rational thought isn't precisely something they find intuitive.
"The guide is definitive, reality is frequently inaccurate."
"Fine, that's their priority, and I can't criticize someone for thinking that sin is a more dire concern than cancer. "
You can when it kills people.
I jjst think of their poor brainwashed children.
Teaching religeo to children is nothing short of child abuse.
A way to instill them with fear for there entire lives, and a way for people to manipulate them and abuse them.
The moment any religeon appraoches anyone that didn't specifically ask, that religeon should be outlawed..or at least taxed.
Our fore fathers would be disgusted at how religeon is running amok. What is going on today is exactly what they didn't want. The idea was you can practice religeon, but not interfere with government, the wall between Church and state is falling.
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