[MedicalConspiracies@googlegroups.com] NVIC report on HPV the states current actions..

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February 16, 2007National Vaccine Information Center e-news "New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer already has proposed spending taxpayer dollars in an effort to begin pushing Gardasil. One New York legislator gushed over the Texas governor's more forceful action, calling it "terrific" and a move to be emulated in the Empire State. Further south, Virginia appears poised to fall in line with the Gardasil bandwagon, and many other states are moving in that direction. Merck & Co., the pharmaceutical giant that manufactures Gardasil, is not simply standing by to answer questions from concerned legislators and health officials. The company is pulling out all stops in an effort to secure legislation mandating vaccination with its product.....While there have been no reports of serious side effects as a result of the new Gardasil programs, some study participants reportedly experienced low-grade fever or flulike symptoms. The National Vaccine Information Center, a national nonprofit organization, essentially a vaccine watchdog, released information earlier this month that young girls were suffering worse symptoms such as "severe headaches, dizziness, temporary loss of vision and some girls have lost consciousness during what appear to be seizures." - Bob Barr, Atlanta Journal Constitution "The Texas House will take its first step Monday to overturn Gov. Rick Perry's mandate that schoolgirls be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus linked to cervical cancer. The House Public Health Committee posted notice Tuesday that it will hold a public hearing on a bill that would pre-empt Perry's order and prevent the human papillomavirus vaccine from being required for admission to any elementary or secondary school...."It's terribly inappropriate for the state of Texas to mandate a vaccination that we know so little about," said Bonnen. He said parents should be the ones to decide whether to immunize their daughters...If Bonnen's bill passes both the House and Senate it then would go to Perry for his signature. It would take two-thirds majorities of the House and Senate to override a veto....Lawmakers also are awaiting a ruling from the attorney general about Perry's authority to issue such a broad order." - Janet Elliott, Houston ChronicleBarbara Loe Fisher Commentary:After 25 years of a grassroots effort by parents of vaccine injured children to raise public awareness about vaccine risks and the need for informed consent protections in the mass vaccination system, the long awaited public debate about forced vaccination of our children with every vaccine the pharmaceutical industry produces is finally taking place in America. Ironically, it is the pharmaceutical industry itself which has taken the debate national. Educated parents and legislators, no longer afraid to push back when drug companies and doctors push to mandate new vaccines for use by all school children, are protesting proposed state mandates that would force 11 year old girls to take Merck's HPV vaccine, GARDASIL. The debate that is raging in the living rooms of parents, in state legislatures and in the pages of newspapers and television studios is not only about the quality and quantity of the science Merck used to prove GARDASIL is safe to give to 11 year old girls and the necessity of mandating an expensive vaccine for an infection that cannot be caught in the school classroom. It is also about drawing a line in the sand when it comes to adding more vaccines to the 40 doses of vaccines already required for children to attend daycare and school. With the addition of the three doses of HPV vaccine, the CDC recommends 56 doses of 16 vaccines be given to American children by age 12. The states haven't caught up with mandating all 56 CDC recommended doses yet, but they have mandated more than 3 dozen of them.How many more vaccines is America going to mandate for children to get an education, as I said on the Feb. 13 Today Show, before somebody finds out why millions of highly vaccinated American children are so sick, with 1 in 150 autistic, 1 in 6 learning disabled and hyperactive and millions of others suffering with asthma, diabetes, arthritis, intestinal bowel disorders and other brain and immune system dysfunction?The citizens of Texas, who are known for their motto: Don't mess with Texas, are flexing their muscles when it comes to forced use of an HPV vaccine that has not been studied for long term safety or effectiveness when given to 11 year old girls entering puberty. All eyes are on Texas now, the state whose Governor got drunk with executive power and imposed his will on the people in order to force vaccination without the people's consent.The National Vaccine Information Center was founded and is operated by parents empowering other parents with information so they can fight for their right to made informed vaccine choices. I am placing my bet on the parents of Texas, led by PROVE president Dawn Richardson, who are arming themselves with information and educating their legislators - one on one - and fighting for the right of every Texan to make informed, voluntary choices about the kind of preventive health care they want for themselves and their children, including which vaccines their children are required to use to get an education. Don't mandate new vaccine Cervical cancer shot for girls has ethical problems Atlanta Journal Constitution Published: February 14, 2007By BOB BARRClick here for the URL: Government just can never find enough things to study, regulate and mandate. Regardless of whether one has a "D" or an "R" following their name, contemporary elected officials at the federal, state and local level are drawn insatiably to control those citizens unfortunate enough to fall under their jurisdiction.The risk of bad government regulation becomes especially acute when private industry's drive for profit teams with government's drive to control, to create a "perfect storm" of government control. This is happening in Texas, where that state's Republican governor, Rick Perry, is attempting by executive order to force preteen girls attending Texas schools to be vaccinated against cervical cancer and genital warts.The GOP governor's attempted mandate, which is being challenged in the Texas legislature, follows on the heels of last year's recommendation by Washington that 11- and 12-year-old girls be vaccinated against human papillomavirus or HPV, using the Gardasil vaccine that had just been approved by the FDA in June 2006.Of course, whenever the federal government recommends that something occur, proposals to mandate such action quickly follow, and do-gooders in the Congress likely will take up this cause shortly. However, not content to wait for further action from Washington, many state legislatures and governors are rushing to fill the newly discovered void. While Perry's heavy-handed action is the most recent and visible action, other states are gearing up to follow suit.New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer already has proposed spending taxpayer dollars in an effort to begin pushing Gardasil. One New York legislator gushed over the Texas governor's more forceful action, calling it "terrific" and a move to be emulated in the Empire State. Further south, Virginia appears poised to fall in line with the Gardasil bandwagon, and many other states are moving in that direction.Merck & Co., the pharmaceutical giant that manufactures Gardasil, is not simply standing by to answer questions from concerned legislators and health officials. The company is pulling out all stops in an effort to secure legislation mandating vaccination with its product. Campaign contributions are flowing freely in Texas and elsewhere. A so-called advocacy group for women legislators, Women in Government, reportedly is serving as one such conduit and has close ties to the Perry administration. Perry's former chief of staff is a top lobbyist for Merck. Television ads promoting Gardasil by showing young girls jumping rope are buttressing Merck's more direct efforts.It would be one thing if all this activity and money were simply touting the availability of a new vaccine designed to help prevent a form of cervical cancer. It is quite another, however, when the goal of the massive and cash-laden effort is to secure government action mandating use of the product. Unlike the many other vaccinations Georgia requires for public school students, chicken pox, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, and others but cervical cancer is not transmitted via casual contact or through airborne viruses.Is it the job of government to take a newly approved vaccine, one with very little long-term general usage under its belt, designed to prevent a disease that is transmitted not by casual or unavoidable contact, but rather by the most intimate and knowing of acts? Many physicians and parents think not, and have already begun organizing, especially in Texas, to combat the headlong rush to mandate Gardasil vaccination for young schoolgirls.In addition to the ethical and philosophical questions, there are very real concerns about the cost of administering such vaccinations. The inoculation regimen requires a series of three shots, which costs a total of $360, and must be repeated every five years. This is many times the cost of vaccinations for more common forms of maladies for which schoolchildren receive shots, and far beyond what insurers are willing to reimburse.While there have been no reports of serious side effects as a result of the new Gardasil programs, some study participants reportedly experienced low-grade fever or flulike symptoms. The National Vaccine Information Center, a national nonprofit organization, essentially a vaccine watchdog, released information earlier this month that young girls were suffering worse symptoms such as "severe headaches, dizziness, temporary loss of vision and some girls have lost consciousness during what appear to be seizures."Another concern is that there are more than 100 strains of HPV, of which only four will be affected by the vaccine, leaving potential for infection regardless of receiving the vaccine.None of these concerns will likely deter the legion of Big Government types out there who, allied with the many do-gooders populating state legislatures from California to New York, and prodded by companies willing to spend millions to make billions, will allow nothing to stand in the way of "good government," whether the people want it or not.Former congressman and U.S. Attorney Bob Barr practices law in Atlanta.Web site: www.bobbarr.org House panel calls hearing on HPV shots Bill aims to pre-empt Perry's vaccine mandate for 6th- grade girls Houston ChronicleFeb. 14, 2007by JANET ELLIOTTClick here for the URL: AUSTIN — The Texas House will take its first step Monday to overturn Gov. Rick Perry's mandate that schoolgirls be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus linked to cervical cancer.The House Public Health Committee posted notice Tuesday that it will hold a public hearing on a bill that would pre-empt Perry's order and prevent the human papillomavirus vaccine from being required for admission to any elementary or secondary school."The governor has accomplished his goal of bringing attention to this issue," said Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, author of the bill. "All citizens of Texas will have an opportunity to come to Austin to give an opinion."Bonnen has signed up more than 60 members as co-authors of House Bill 1098.If the committee votes out the bill, it could be the first major piece of legislation heard on the House floor this session.Perry sparked the firestorm Feb. 2 when he issued an executive order making Texas the first state to require the HPV vaccine for school admission. His order would apply to girls entering sixth grade in the fall of 2008.Republican lawmakers and social conservatives are opposed to the requirement, even though it would allow parents to opt out their daughters. Some believe that the vaccine could make sex seem permissible while others have cited concerns about the vaccine only being on the market since last June."It's terribly inappropriate for the state of Texas to mandate a vaccination that we know so little about," said Bonnen. He said parents should be the ones to decide whether to immunize their daughters.Many Democrats and medical officials are supportive of Perry's order, citing high rates of cervical cancer along the Texas border and East Texas.Bonnen said he is concerned about those areas and would support more funding to give women Pap smears to check for cervical cancer, which usually can be treated if detected early.If Bonnen's bill passes both the House and Senate it then would go to Perry for his signature.It would take two-thirds majorities of the House and Senate to override a veto.The committee also will hear HB 1379 by Rep. Joe Deshotel, D-Beaumont.The bill also would establish a program to educate about HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease, and the "effectiveness, availability and contraindications" of the vaccine.Lawmakers also are awaiting a ruling from the attorney general about Perry's authority to issue such a broad order.janet.elliott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~You received this message because you are d to the Google Groups "MedicalConspiracies" group. To post to this group, send email to: MedicalConspiracies (AT) googl (DOT) com