Jello wrote:

Bottom line: they just want to stop a disease epidemic that starts spreading in schools.

HPV is not spreading IN schools.

I don't see a difference between this, and any other disease. I don't care how they're transmitted. It doesn't matter. Immunity is better than non-immunity if the vaccine is safe. FDA says it is. I believe them. Start shooting it into kids arms and we'll beat HPV in a generation, and can move onto the next virus.

The FDA also approved Vioxx if you recall. The FDA is sometimes wrong about things, they are not infallable.

Since you give the State blanket authority to vaccinate you for any disease they see fit, I expect you to get in line for HPV pronto! You are irresponsible and wreckless if you choose to be vulnerable to malaria too, so you should get that as well. While you're there, get your anthrax vaccination. Grab a bubonic plague, cholera, typhoid, and meningitis for good measure. And don't forget to write your Congress and Senate critters (both State and Federal!) to advocate that all citizens should receive every conceivable vaccination known to man BEFORE they are allowed to leave quarantine. If there's a vaccine available, you should be required to get it, period. To do otherwise is just making an irresponsible choice to be vulnerable.

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