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> using the government to mandate vaccines like HPV, regardless of effectiveness It is worth noting that the HPV vaccine is effective: https://www.cdc.gov/vacc

> using the government to mandate vaccines like HPV, regardless of effectiveness It is worth noting that the HPV vaccine is effective: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/hcp/safety-effectiveness.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/hcp/safety-effectivenes... As far as I am aware, mandates have been implemented in only a few places, at the state and local level.

underseacables 5y ago
That is true, initially the drug companies were pushing it at the federal level, but there was such a backlash that they backed off and tried to go at it state by state.
- babyblueblanket 5y ago
  This seems like goalposts being moved.
- tablespoon 5y ago
  > That is true, initially the drug companies were pushing it at the federal level, but there was such a backlash that they backed off and tried to go at it state by state. Do you have a source for some kind of proposed federal mandate (excluding DOA bills by a backbenchers, because those mean nothing)? As far as I know, vaccine mandates have always been a state/local thing, usually only tied school entry requirements.