HPV and Why It Matters

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 13th at 08:43 AM  | 

UPDATE: I think it is worth pointing out that as I wake up today Michele Bachmann is overplaying her hand on this issue and it is probably going to go away. The mother-daughter story sounds sympathetic, but it will force the media to delve into the story more and I don’t think the outcome will be favorable to the anti-gardasil side, thus rendering the issue | Read More »

Let’s Use Teenage Girls As Lab Rats For a Monopoly

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 17th at 01:37 PM  | 

A lot has been written recently about Rick Perry’s decision to require girls to get the HPV vaccine. He now says he made a mistake and should have made it opt in, instead of opt out. It is worth nothing that, contrary to a lot of reports, there was an opt-out provision. Nonetheless, while everyone is writing about it right now, I wrote about it | Read More »