Friday, March 02, 2007

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All of the information I have seen indicates private practice doctors will loose money with every shot. Nationwide there will be 2M girls mandated for this vaccination every year.

The money for this program will have to come from somewhere and I will bet we will see a tax increase. Our school system is screaming again for more money, and this will add fuel to the fire.

Now that we are willing to vaccinate for less than 1% of cancers resulting in less than 1% of cancer deaths, with no decline in testing, what can we now add to the list of mandated vaccines. Cost does not seem to be an issue.

Steve Lucas

By  Anonymous, at 1:32 PM  

Texas has only "sorta" mandated the vaccine. The governor issued a mandate but the legislature is currently busy at work trying to find ways to keep it from happening.The Texas Medical Association has concerns and there is much opposition from the conservative side of the isle and in Texas that is a pretty big side.

By  james gaulte, at 4:07 PM  

Wow, Lucas nice figures. Any numbers on how many lives are actually saved by this a year? My understanding is the vaccine isn't 100% effective.

By  Anonymous, at 8:11 PM  

Dara,

From the Feb. 7, Wall Street Journal we find about 3, 670 women will die from cervical cancer. A tragic loss, that should not be minimized, but this compares to the 178,480 women diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,460 who will die of this terrible disease.

Remember this vaccine is only eight months old has yet to save any lives. There is also the question of: Will there be a need to revaccinate in five years?

Steve Lucas

By  Anonymous, at 8:52 AM  

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