Texas Mandated shot for all girls 9-18 yrs. Do you feel we have been educated on this and should we do it?

Question

I feel we are once again being "dictated" our rights as citizens of this country. I feel each parent should make the decision for their family. I base this decision at this time on the lack of knowledge of the product being used. Has it been tested? How was it tested? How effective will it be? Do any side-effects occur? Who is educating the parents? Do you think we are ready to actually give a shot to all girls between 9 and 18 years of age. What if this shot caused these individuals worse problems for this age group.
Who gets the blame and who pays for this? HA HA not the government for sure.

Answer 1

If I had a daughter, she would be getting it. I have not had my boys vaccinated against the chicken pox, I am not vaccination happy. This is a vaccine that will help people from not getting cancer, this is what we have all been hoping for.

Answer 2

Well, this will likely not stand. The Texas Legislature, on both sides of the aisle is likely going to pass that this not be allowed. Checks and Balances at work.

This is an issue because it deals with a sexually transmitted disease. Many of the vaccines children are given now are required. They were intially given without a great deal of prior testing. For example, the old polio vaccine that you took orally was a live vaccine. So, when you got it, in essence, you were carrying and spreading polio for sometime after it was taken. They later found that this was causing problems with smaller children in the home who didn't yet have the vaccine, or older people who hadn't been around small children, and received the vaccine a long time before that. So, not the vaccine is a "dead" one, and is given by injection.

Even if this executive order were to remain intact, there is an out for parents who want to claim religious rights to not take this vaccine. That part of the exectutive order was never covered by the media. Likely because the media is biased to the left, and Perry is a republican governor.

So, in the end, this will likely not remain intact. The legislature will not allow it. Funny thing is this was a fairly liberal move on his part. And the staunch apponents of this order are the conservatives in Texas. Many feel he is trying to position himself in the middle in hopes of a future VP bid, if not it '08, possible '12 if the Dems win the oval office in '08.

**Added**

In response to the above answer. No child is required to take any vaccine. But, they are required to have vaccines to attend most daycares and public/ private schools. Home schooling is always an option.

Answer 3

Correction- Texas DID NOT mandate the shots, Rick Perry mandated the shots. Without the consent or action by the legislature. That is what legislators are elected to do, as he seems to have forgotten. And a few of those legislators are just as upset about this as the rest of Texas. Does the fact that Perry has personal and maybe financial connections to this company mean anything?
Perry wants to sell the state lottery to a private company. Funny that within this time, Perry's son has gone to work for the same company.
I really feel that the people of this state are in the process of giving Rick Perry a reality check. It's just going to take some time.
Can we spell CORRUPT?

Answer 4

This is garbage. The government has NO RIGHT to dictate that all girls get this 3 series shot at a cost of over $350. This is a new vaccine, doesn't protect against MOST strains of the disease, and hasn't been tested for long term effects. Doctors have said that they don't want to even stock this vaccine due to high costs to purchase and store and very low insurance reimbursements.

This is CLEARLY an instance of a pharmaceutical company having a very powerful lobbyist. They stand to make billions on this vaccine if it is mandated.

This is an issue for parents, children, and doctors and should not involve the government. Plus, exactly who is picking up the tab on this? Oh right, us taxpayers and people with insurance will be the ones getting screwed.

Answer 5

I wish this had been around when I was younger, it would have saved me a lot of worry. I fail to understand how anyone can object to this, do they really object to being saved from cervical cancer?

No drugs are allowed out until after extensive, some say too extensive, testing by the FDA. Even if there are minor side effects, cervical cancer will be a lot worse.

Somehow, there are always those who argue against medicinal breakthroughs. In Britain it was the MMR vaccine. Some quack doctor stirred up a huge controversy, persuading the gullible that it was dangerous. He was never able to replicate his 'findings' and no reputable doctor could either. He then disappeared to the US, spreading his own brand of luddism, leaving thousands of infants unprotected against MMR. This is the same. This is a way to protect girls against cervical cancer so what is the big problem?

Answer 6

She's talking about the vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus, which causes cervical cancer.

Of course it's been tested. The FDA wouldn't approve it otherwise. There aren't any significant side effects; it's at least 98% effective. The vaccine hasn't caused any problems. Yes the government is paying for it. There is no blame, as there is nothing wrong.

You can opt your child out if you're that paranoid, but there's really no reason to do so. There isn't a lack of knowledge: you just haven't done any research. If you don't know about it, it doesn't mean there isn't any information.

Answer 7

Well first of all no one is being "forced" to get the shot. Anyone who don't want it or their children to have it, can simply opt out of the program.
The next thing , Go ask any 35 yr old woman who's had an historectomy and a course of radiation and kemotherapy if they would've liked to have had a vaccine for the cancer that ruined their bodies and ended their reproductive lives.
Please stop trying to force your own sense of morality on others. You live in America, NOT china.

Answer 8

This should not be a mandated vaccine, seeing as how HPV is not generally contagious unless you are sexually active. Measels, mumps, chicken pox, those are valid vaccinations to be mandated. We should also question the motives behind this. The Gov. Rick Perry that mandates this has very close ties to Merrk, the only producer of this vaccine that would profit largely from this.

Answer 9

I feel the same. There has been no long term studies on the HPV vaccine. And the cost is astronomical. I do understand that it can reduce the risk of cervical cancer but at what risk to my daughter.

Answer 10

the government cannot force any girl at any age to take the HPV shot. If your daughter is forced to take a shot without your consent, it is assault, and you can sue the doctor. If you are lucky, your attorney can get it upraded to assault with a deadly weapon, since the dangers of the HPV shot are not fully known and your daughter could die.