All 11- and 12-year-old girls would get MANDATORY shots against cervical cancer.?

[Guest guest]

( " mandated " to those unfortunate enough to still be in public school

system) What sort of testing was done do you suppose? Could vaccine have

that AIDS characteristic==that is being ethno-specific? Who were test

subjects? NOW we're getting to the real nitty-gritty of population

control with government forced chemicals on ALL potential mothers. Has

Merck management developed a 'Chutzpah' pill for use by their head

criminals; I'd have thought on the heels of VIOXX murders, they'd have

elected to go for a little lower profile. $360 per jabbing. Could any

government subsidy be in the cards? These guys are RELENTLESS--- Wonder

if Rumsfeld or Krongard or any FDA officials are heavily invested in

their stock? Is a bear Catholic? Are you mad yet? UncBob

Panel Wants Vaccine to Be Routine All 11- and 12-year-old girls would

get shots against cervical cancer. Some conservatives oppose a mandate;

states will have to decide.

By Gellene, Times Staff Writer

June 30, 2006

Federal health experts recommended Thursday that all 11- to 12-year-old

girls routinely get a newly approved cervical cancer vaccine, paving the

way for private insurers and the federal government to pay for shots

that could save thousands of lives in the U.S. each year.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices also said females ages

9 to 26 could receive the vaccine on the advice of their doctors.

" This is a huge breakthrough for women's health, " Dr. Anne Schuchat,

director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory

Diseases, said after the unanimous vote by the expert committee.

The focus now moves to individual states, which must decide whether to

mandate the vaccine for school attendance.

Women's health experts argue that requiring the vaccine is the most

effective way to combat the disease.

" Unless you force people to get it, penetration is low, " said Cosette

Wheeler of the University of New Mexico, who conducted clinical trials

of the vaccine.

But some educators and conservative groups say decisions about the

vaccine should be left to parents.

" We think this is a matter of parental rights and parental control, "

said Sprigg of the conservative Family Research Council. " Parents

have the rights to make these decisions for their kids. "

Called Gardasil, the vaccine blocks four types of the human

papillomavirus, or HPV, two of which are believed to be responsible for

70% of the 15,000 cervical cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year.

Worldwide, 400,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year,

and half die.

The four types of HPV blocked by Gardasil cause 90% of genital warts.

The vaccine is most effective when administered to girls before they

become sexually active. According to the national Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, 26% of girls have had intercourse by age 15.

Health experts said the vaccine could go a long way toward reducing the

4,000 cervical cancer deaths that occur in the U.S. each year.

Manufactured by Merck & Co., the vaccine is among the most expensive

ever produced. A full three-shot series costs $360.

Although private insurers and the federal Vaccines for Children program

will cover the vast majority of females, Hannan, director of the

Assn. of Immunization Managers, said thousands still fall between the

cracks. They include those whose insurance plans don't cover vaccines or

have high deductibles. The federal program also does not cover people

older than 18.

To provide the vaccine to everyone who should get it, the states would

have to pay for those who could not afford it.

Dr. Leah Devlin, state health director for North Carolina and president

of the Assn. of State and Territorial Health Officers, said most states

did not have the money.

She said the cost of providing Gardasil to all 11- and 12-year-old girls

would nearly double her state's vaccine budget, which already had

trouble paying for required vaccines.

The federal committee's recommendation will become policy if it is

accepted by the CDC, which normally follows the recommendations of its

advisory panel.

The CDC's approval is expected in a matter of weeks.

Two national health insurers, Aetna and WellPoint, the parent of Blue

Cross of California, said they would follow the committee's

recommendations and begin reimbursing for the vaccine immediately.

Cost isn't the only obstacle to widespread adoption of the vaccine. In

California, for example, legislation is required to mandate a shot.

Conservative groups have opposed requiring the vaccine, saying it might

send young girls an implicit message condoning sex before marriage.

Some school officials also objected, noting that only three vaccines

— those against polio, diphtheria and measles — were required in

all 50 states.

" This is not a communicable disease that would keep kids out of school

like mumps or rubella, " said Gerald Tirozzi, executive director of the

National Assn. of Secondary School Principals, whose members include

middle school and high school administrators.

" To make this a condition to enter school — I think parents would

become very upset, and many would see this as a signal to their

daughters that they can become sexually active, " Tirozzi said. " I think

there would be a lot of push-back. "

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--- Bob Dunbar <robertaldermandunbar@...> wrote:

( " mandated " to those unfortunate enough to still be in public school

system) What sort of testing was done do you suppose? Could vaccine have

that AIDS characteristic--that is, being ethno-specific? Who were test

subjects? NOW we're getting to the real nitty-gritty of population

control with government forced chemicals on ALL potential mothers. Has

Merck management developed a 'Chutzpah' pill for use by their head

criminals; I'd have thought on the heels of VIOXX murders, they'd have

elected to go for a little lower profile. $360 per jabbing. Could any

government subsidy be in the cards? These guys are RELENTLESS--- Wonder

if Rumsfeld or Krongard or any FDA officials are heavily invested in

their stock? Is a bear Catholic? Are you mad yet? UncBob Panel Wants

Vaccine to Be Routine All 11- and 12-year-old girls would get shots

against cervical cancer. Some conservatives oppose a mandate; states

will have to decide. By Gellene, Times Staff Writer

June 30, 2006

Federal health experts recommended Thursday that all 11- to 12-year-old

girls routinely get a newly approved cervical cancer vaccine, paving the

way for private insurers and the federal government to pay for shots

that could save thousands of lives in the U.S. each year.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices also said females ages

9 to 26 could receive the vaccine on the advice of their doctors.

" This is a huge breakthrough for women's health, " Dr. Anne Schuchat,

director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory

Diseases, said after the unanimous vote by the expert committee.

The focus now moves to individual states, which must decide whether to

mandate the vaccine for school attendance.

Women's health experts argue that requiring the vaccine is the most

effective way to combat the disease.

" Unless you force people to get it, penetration is low, " said Cosette

Wheeler of the University of New Mexico, who conducted clinical trials

of the vaccine.

But some educators and conservative groups say decisions about the

vaccine should be left to parents.

" We think this is a matter of parental rights and parental control, "

said Sprigg of the conservative Family Research Council. " Parents

have the rights to make these decisions for their kids. "

Called Gardasil, the vaccine blocks four types of the human

papillomavirus, or HPV, two of which are believed to be responsible for

70% of the 15,000 cervical cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year.

Worldwide, 400,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year,

and half die.

The four types of HPV blocked by Gardasil cause 90% of genital warts.

The vaccine is most effective when administered to girls before they

become sexually active. According to the national Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, 26% of girls have had intercourse by age 15.

Health experts said the vaccine could go a long way toward reducing the

4,000 cervical cancer deaths that occur in the U.S. each year.

Manufactured by Merck & Co., the vaccine is among the most expensive

ever produced. A full three-shot series costs $360.

Although private insurers and the federal Vaccines for Children program

will cover the vast majority of females, Hannan, director of the

Assn. of Immunization Managers, said thousands still fall between the

cracks. They include those whose insurance plans don't cover vaccines or

have high deductibles. The federal program also does not cover people

older than 18.

To provide the vaccine to everyone who should get it, the states would

have to pay for those who could not afford it.

Dr. Leah Devlin, state health director for North Carolina and president

of the Assn. of State and Territorial Health Officers, said most states

did not have the money.

She said the cost of providing Gardasil to all 11- and 12-year-old girls

would nearly double her state's vaccine budget, which already had

trouble paying for required vaccines.

The federal committee's recommendation will become policy if it is

accepted by the CDC, which normally follows the recommendations of its

advisory panel.

The CDC's approval is expected in a matter of weeks.

Two national health insurers, Aetna and WellPoint, the parent of Blue

Cross of California, said they would follow the committee's

recommendations and begin reimbursing for the vaccine immediately.

Cost isn't the only obstacle to widespread adoption of the vaccine. In

California, for example, legislation is required to mandate a shot.

Conservative groups have opposed requiring the vaccine, saying it might

send young girls an implicit message condoning sex before marriage.

Some school officials also objected, noting that only three vaccines

— those against polio, diphtheria and measles — were required in

all 50 states.

" This is not a communicable disease that would keep kids out of school

like mumps or rubella, " said Gerald Tirozzi, executive director of the

National Assn. of Secondary School Principals, whose members include

middle school and high school administrators.

" To make this a condition to enter school — I think parents would

become very upset, and many would see this as a signal to their

daughters that they can become sexually active, " Tirozzi said. " I think

there would be a lot of push-back. "

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