Comments on: Politics of the HPV Vaccine (Gardasil) http://karenrayne.com/2007/03/03/politics-of-the-hpv-vaccine-gardasil/ Thu, 17 May 2012 22:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Karen Rayne http://karenrayne.com/2007/03/03/politics-of-the-hpv-vaccine-gardasil/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Karen Rayne Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:48:00 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=4#comment-6 That's exactly the problem with national debate in so many areas - false dichotomies. And particularly with issues like this one, where there are really several issues to debate. Here are a few relevant questions that don't even touch on the specifics of HPV or cervical cancer:<br/><br/>1. Is an Executive Order an appropriate way to mandate health care?<br/><br/>2. Is it acceptable for a governor to accept money from a major pharmaceutical company?<br/><br/>3. How long and under what precautions should a vaccine be tested before it becomes a nationally recommended vaccine?<br/><br/>4. How should vaccines be marketed?<br/><br/>The mandated HPV vaccine is a complicated issue, and shouldn't be presented as a simple yes-or-no choice. That’s exactly the problem with national debate in so many areas - false dichotomies. And particularly with issues like this one, where there are really several issues to debate. Here are a few relevant questions that don’t even touch on the specifics of HPV or cervical cancer:

1. Is an Executive Order an appropriate way to mandate health care?

2. Is it acceptable for a governor to accept money from a major pharmaceutical company?

3. How long and under what precautions should a vaccine be tested before it becomes a nationally recommended vaccine?

4. How should vaccines be marketed?

The mandated HPV vaccine is a complicated issue, and shouldn’t be presented as a simple yes-or-no choice.

]]> By: Alice http://karenrayne.com/2007/03/03/politics-of-the-hpv-vaccine-gardasil/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Alice Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:06:00 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=4#comment-4 I saw a documentary on PBS about that recently, but it made it seem like the debate was between people who want to protect women from HPV versus people who think that anyone who has sex before marriage damn well deserves to die of cervical cancer. I saw a documentary on PBS about that recently, but it made it seem like the debate was between people who want to protect women from HPV versus people who think that anyone who has sex before marriage damn well deserves to die of cervical cancer.

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