Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A doctor supports Perry's efforts to vaccinate girls

Here is strong support for Rick Perry's proposal to vaccinate girls before entering the sixth grade:
Merck’s Gardasil, prevents infection with the most common strains of human papilloma virus. Once established, these viruses can ultimately cause genital warts as well as cervical, anal, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. Thus, by preventing the infection, the vaccine prevents all those sequelae.


How effective, and how safe is it?
In the extensive clinical studies (on more than 20,000 girls and women) that were performed prior to the FDA’s licensing of the vaccine, the vaccine was 100 percent effective, a virtually unprecedented result. How safe is the vaccine? No serious side effects were detected; the most common side effect is soreness, redness and swelling in the arm at the site of the injection.

Who is the author of these statements above? "Henry I. Miller, M.D., is Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy & Public Policy Hoover Institution."

1 comment:

Terri Wagner said...

Was a very bad idea and the how he did was wrong as he himself admitted. Another disturbing thing about Perry. In this case I hope Ann Coulter is right. I hope his flame burns out quick.