No, it's cool. That a very fair question. What about the boys??? LOL @ passing it on! I always thought it would be the CIA...but they're forbidden from domestic snooping, right? Yeah...like a rat is forbidden from eating cheese! I just got a very wierd picture in my head. A rat-like J. Edgar Hoover in a dress... YIKES!!!
_____ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 5:03 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Merck ends vaccine lobbying effort What about the boys? (Not calling you on this, Reece- just a talking point taken from James.) Why not develop a similar vaccine for them, if the Guv'nah believes in this so strongly? (I know that no one here can answer this. I'm hoping that the HomeInsec operative who's assigned to scour our board today will have the guts to pass this on to his GOP overlords.) Reece Jennings <mcjennings124@ <mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com> yahoo.com> wrote: Actually, maybe after more testing, the parents will be more comfortable. I mean, the FDA doesn't have the best track record... Reece _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] On Behalf Of ravenadal Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Merck ends vaccine lobbying effort What I find most disturbing about this is the surprising number of parents who would rather have their daughters die of cervical cancer than to have them have safe premarital sex. ~(no)rave! --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, "Maurice C. Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Merck ends vaccine lobbying effort > > > Doctor groups, parents hit mandates for girls > > Gardasil guards against a virus that can cause cervical cancer. > <http://cache. <http://cache. <http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-> boston.com/resize/bonzai-> boston.com/resize/bonzai- fba/Globe_Photo/2007/02/20/1172026098 > _4123/300h.jpg> Gardasil guards against a virus that can cause > cervical cancer. (harry cabluck/associated press) > > By Associated Press | February 21, 2007 > > TRENTON, N.J. -- Bowing to pressure from parents and medical groups, Merck & > Co. is suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade legislatures to mandate > that adolescent girls get the company's vaccine against cervical cancer as a > requirement to attend school. > > The drug maker, which disclosed the change late yesterday, had been > criticized for quietly funding the campaign, via a third party, to require > 11- and 12-year-old girls get the three-dose vaccine in order to attend > school. > > Some had objected because the vaccine protects against a sexually > transmitted disease, human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer. > Vaccines mandated for school attendance usually prevent diseases spread > through casual contact, such as measles and mumps. > > "Our goal is about cervical cancer prevention and we want to reach as many > females as possible with Gardasil," said Dr. Richard M. Haupt, Merck's > medical director for vaccines . > > "We're concerned that our role in supporting school requirements is a > distraction from that goal, and as such have suspended our lobbying > efforts," Haupt said, adding the company will continue providing information > about the vaccine if asked by officials. > > Merck began selling Gardasil, the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, > in June. Sales totaled $235 million through 2006, according to Merck. > > Last month, the AP reported that Merck was channeling money for its campaign > through Women in Government, an advocacy group made up of female state > legislators across the country. > > No legislatures have mandated girls get the vaccine to attend school. > However, Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order Feb. 2 > requiring that schoolgirls get the vaccinations . > <http://cache. <http://cache. <http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-> boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-> boston.com/bonzai-fba/File- Based_Image_Resource/dingbat_story_ > end_icon.gif> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
