HPV Scam Redux

I am republishing below my past from February 6 on the "Cancer Vaccine" bill that has now passed the General Assembly and which will become law in Virginia.

Va. Delegates Approve HPV Legislation

What this means in plain English is that girls before they enter the 6th Grade (that means girls as young as 11) would be required to be immunized against a sexually transmitted disease, the Human Papilloma Virus.
The act passed by the House of Delegates would allow parents an opt out for religious reasons. A similar measure passed by the Virginia Senate would not allow such an opt out and an agreement has to hashed out in a conference committee.

Measures like this are being proposed across the country (one recently was signed into law in Texas) hard on the heels of a massive lobbying effort by the vaccines maker Merck & Co. The vaccine is expensive ($360 for the three shots) and is not normally covered by insurance.

The House bill sponsor Del. Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News has received $10,000 over the last decade from Merck, which when you think about it is a pretty good investment on their part; only 28 girls and they make their money back.