Vaccine debate

Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

I have sat back for the last few days and watched all the debate about Texas requiring girls going into 6th grade to be vaccinated against HPV, which causes cervical cancer. Cervical Cancer is the number 2 cancer killer of women. Finding a way to prevent it is a huge breakthrough and will save countless [...]

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That’s not a smoking gun

Posted on February 3rd, 2007 by TechDigger

This cracks me up.
MySA.com: State Government
Mike Toomey, former chief of staff to Perry, is a lobbyist for Merck. The pharmaceutical company has donated $6,000 to Perry since 2005 and $38,000 to legislative leaders and lawmakers.
Perry issued an executive order that would require girls to receive a new vaccine for papillomavirus which causes cervical cancer. Newspapers [...]

Filed under: Eagle Forum, HPV vaccine, Merck, Mike Toomey, Rick Perry, campaign contributions, cervical cancer | 1 Comment »