HPV Virus vaccine again

[pegkerr]

You need to read this entry at respect_otters about the politics behind the battle over the HPV vaccine. Yes, you do. Read it and tell your friends to read it, too.

Comments

[peacockharpy.livejournal.com]

I can't remember whether I possibly got this link from you originally or not, but this article from Glamour about the lies we're getting on women's health issues... eye-opening. The morality-legislation crew is determined to make sure that women have no healthcare or reproductive options other than those within the strictures of their limited worldview. ARGH.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Very good article. Thanks for the link.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Peg.

Rivka

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Nice to see her blogging again.

B

[lil-tree-frog.livejournal.com]

good heavens, found your lj through the badparents forum..

Do you really have a Delia?

I thought I was the only one with a Delia (I have spelled it Deliah)

Nice to meet you and if it's really your child's name, your daughter has a great name (that if it's anything like mine, millions of people everywhere will pronouce incorrectly)

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do indeed have a Delia! (We love the name but yes, people do mispronounce it sometimes, sigh).

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

http://www.maketheconnection.org/

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

I'm so confused now. It's to promote education about HPV and cervical cancer, it's tied into Merck donating toward research... yet, if you explore the site, there's nothing on the new vaccine that I can see. Puzzling.

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Ok, I'm being a pain, but here's what I've found:
Media Campaign
Merck nearly one year ago launched a media campaign to raise consumer awareness about the vaccine and to alleviate concerns among parents about adding Gardasil to other routine childhood vaccinations, Bloomberg reports. Fewer than 20% of women in the U.S. knew that HPV can cause cervical cancer, according to Merck research that was conducted about 18 months ago, the company said (Zimm/Blum, Bloomberg, 6/9). The company's "Tell Someone" campaign, launched in April, uses paid television advertisements showing actresses, in interview style, expressing surprise about the cause of cervical cancer and promising to tell other women. In addition, Merck last fall funded "Make the Connection," run by the industry-backed not-for-profit Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation and celebrity charity Step Up Women's Network. The campaign includes publicity events, a television public service announcement and cameos by celebrities, such as Maria Shriver and Jessica Alba, wearing beaded bracelets to highlight the link between cervical cancer and HPV. Neither ad campaign mentions Gardasil because Merck could not legally promote the vaccine until receiving an FDA license to do so (Ginsberg, Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/9). Margaret McGlynn, president of Merck's vaccine division, on Thursday said the company now will pursue an "extensive educational campaign" that will "motivate women to get the vaccine" (Newark Star-Ledger, 6/9).