As the only South Dakota blogger out with 5 daughters, I feel I need to weigh in on the whole discussion that's occurring with regards to the HPV vaccine, and Governor Rounds' proposal to make it available. My family (including my three oldest girls) watched my mom, their grandmother, succumb slowly and painfully to cancer which spread throughout her body. If a similar fate from a different type of cancer was preventable through a simple shot, why wouldn't anyone advocate for it? At the age most of my kids are going to be getting it, they're still playing with barbies, and negative influences such as most of the programming on MTV, and other assorted trashy television is verboten in my house. All they're going to know about this vaccination is that it's a shot, just like for teatnus or measles. They'll go "Ow, I don't want a shot," and that will be it. Just another mark on their vaccination record. One check box for DPT, one for HPV, and so on...
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Glad I live in the country!
Actually, the legislature should be made to address the major issues first. IF they have time afterwards, then get to the silly bills. They are doing their work backwards.
They want to live off the backs of other people....
No insurance company wants to insure people who make their own choices about pit bulls, trampolines, stairs without rails, etc.
Something I hear that Republicans' favor, people making their own choices.
I already know my tax dollars are used from them and i don't like it!
It isn't right to use it for birth control. I also believe that this is off topic...
Sorry.