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liveonearth

A Public Health Perspective on HPV Vaccination

Sep 24, 2011 15:23

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 ( Read more... )

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ford_prefect42 September 25 2011, 03:06:06 UTC

Just checked, and the series costs $390 retail. So there is something to be considered as regards the inability of the poor to pay for it ( ... )

liveonearth September 25 2011, 15:24:43 UTC

The price is unreasonably inflated and would have to decrease dramatically. It is only that high here in the US, because bigPharma makes most of its dough off Americans ( ... )