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Originally Posted by SinisterKid
Am I the only one who thinks Rick Perry's executive order mandating 12 year old girls to be inoculated against HPV is a good, if only slightly misguided, idea?
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Probably. But it mostly pissed off people because Merck was one of his largest supporters. I really smacked of paying back the guys who backed him in campaigns. The legislature overturned it before it could be enacted. One of the handful of times Perry pissed off his own party here. The vaccine is/was expensive and Merck's claims to it not having side effects are probably going to be litigated much like vioxx.
When the republican governor who is a Texas A & M alumnus pisses off College Station, that's an accomplishment.
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