A Public Health Perspective on HPV Vaccination
As you may know I lean libertarian. I am skeptical whenever government authority is imposed. There has to be a good reason for government to exist, or to do anything at all. So it could come as a surprise to you that I think universal HPV vaccination is worth considering. I am sensitive to the argument by Andrew McCarthy that the state should
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If we had a different society we could do it through charity. That transition will take approximately 100 years, provided that the tea party manages to get a lot of true conservatives elected. I have a vision of that society, but the transition is not going to be easy.
The only way to get *everyone* to do anything is through education. This is an increasingly difficult task as people (esp here in the US) are increasingly ignorant, and are *learning* all manner of falsehoods from the ever-increasing stream of garbage that comes at us through the internet and other media. But public health concerns raise the question: how can we get good info out that will be trusted by people on all sides, so that they can then make the best decisions? It may be impossible, but education is the only way that I see. Government mandates don't work for everyone, but they do work for the majority. Simply institutionalizing a requirement can make huge dents because the vast majority of people will simply go along.
You can say that big government created big pharma, but really it is a co-creation. The grew together and in cooperation. The FDA attempts to put small supplement manufacturers out of business because it is an agency of the co-created federally-supported bigPharma.
I would be OK with a pharmaceutical corp making $$$ if they delivered a product that was safe and effective (as advertised) at a reasonable cost. This new requirement would require getting out of bed and doing some tough negotiating.
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