President of MD Anderson Cancer Center Calls it “Unethical” to Not Support HPV Vaccination – Video

Food for thought. Perhaps the attacks on Rick Perry for his attempt at an Executive Order to get the HPV Vaccine to young girls in Texas will end up doing good – not so much for those using it against him for political gain – but to raise awareness that the vaccine can prevent 80% of cervical and head / neck cancers caused by the HPV virus. Perry’s Executive Order never went into effect because of political opposition, and he now admits he went about it all the wrong way. But he does not back away from his desire to get the vaccine to young girls and young women to try and prevent cervical cancer.

Here is video of Dr. Ronald DePinho, President of the renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center, talking bluntly about the incredible benefits of the HPV vaccine. He calls it is, “not just sound but one of the great scientific advances in the history of medicine.”

Dr. DePinho went on to say that as the father of two young girls, as well as speaking as a physician, “there’s only one path here, which is to support vaccination. To do anything else would be unethical.”

Via The Texas Tribune

Posted by Brian on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011   |   6 Comments »
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  • Brad

    Yet another “health care advance” to introduce more unnecessary complexity and push forcing it onto our children to give them the “opportunity” for more promiscuous sexual activity, additional STDs, and unintended pregnancies and abortions.  The fact that we have serious Republican candidates supporting this (past or present) shows where we are as a society.  Our fundamental economic problems are real and need to be addressed but they have their roots in the un-intact family and intact families that are having less children – rather than promoting the family unit and what the marital action is all about, we think we can band-aid everything, still do whatever we want, and have no negative ramifications.  Japan finally woke up and realized their 10-year recession was in part due to a lack of productive people.  We need to have more confidence in our children and young adults to do what is right despite what we may have done in our pasts so that their future will be brighter, strong, and more confident.  

  • Conservative by nature

    I am not in favor of much of anything the ‘government’ mandates, but when you think about it, we all had the polio, chicken pox, and other vaccinations when we were children, so perhaps there is a case to be made to support vaccinating our young ladies in this instance.  I still support the opt out in any event, but perhaps the idea of cervical cancer prevention is not so sinister as some are attempting to make it.

  • Anonymous

    Agreed.

  • Anonymous

    I agree completely Brad that the breakdown of the family is the biggest crisis facing America. It gets very little air time, but it is driving much of the poverty, and health care costs because of the ruined lives emotionally it is creating. 

  • Brad

    I am not attempting to make it sinister.  If someone can show how we get HPV outside of multiple partner sexual activity then I would rethink my position.  But until then, where do we draw the line on number of possible diseases, viruses, and cancers we get because we want to maintain our options for sexual so-called liberation.  Are we truly liberated?  If Perry thinks Christian values should be a governing factor, there is 1 place to start – how a family truly should act and behave. We have to man-up to our past indiscretions, admit we were wrong, and turn this ship around for the welfare of humanity – whether Christian or not. 

  • Anthony

    There are dozens of strands of HPV – this supposed vaccination is supposed to protect you from 4.  Plenty of women who have contracted HPV – HAVE NEVER BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND NEVER WILL – so, getting the vaccine is not a gaurantee against cervical cancer – and getting HPV isn’t a gaurantee you will contract cervical cancer either……and the vaccine comes with heavy risks and side effects…….when all one has to do – is abstain from sex.   Chicken Pox, Measles etc are transmitted by s sneeze or a cough……HPV can ONLY be contracted thru sexual relations – comparing these very different diseases doesn’t work.   Teach and protect our children properly – lets stop with the band-aids.


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