Bush And The Culture Of Death
I had another interesting dream; not about vacuums, alas. This dream was disturbing and very telling. I dreamed that someone, maybe me, was trying to give President Bush some sort of vacine shot and he would not let it happen. He kept running around the White House trying to avoid the shot.
Now I know where this dream came from and it disturbs me to to no end. You see, in the March 13th issue of The New Yorker, Michael Specter wrote an articale titled Political Science -The Bush Administration's war on the laboratory. Basically this article illustrates how the Bush adiminstration ignores hard science if the science does not fit with their ideology - no news there. What is disturbing is how the Bushies have "been relentless in its opposition to any drug, vaccine, or initiative that could be interpreted as lessening the risks associated with premarital sex." Simply put, the Bushies have made concerted efforts to block the developement and or approval of vaccines for HPV (human papillomavirus)and HIV. All because if these were to be available, this would encourage sexual behavior, and that is a no no in the Bushie's world. Bush would rather a women get cervical cancer or someone contract HIV than have a way of preventing these. Many religious conservatives are "unapologetic; not only do they believe that mass use of an HPV vaccine or the availabilty of emergency contraception will encourage adolescents to engage in unaccepatable seual behavior; some have even stated that they would feel similarly about an HIV vaccine."
I'll leave with this final quote from Reginald Finger when asked about the use of a possible HIV vaccine:
'"We would have to look at that closely. With any vaccine for HIV, disinhibition"-a medical term for the absence of fear-"would certainly be a factor, and it is somthing we will have to pay attention to with a great deal of care."'
Reginald Finger sits on the Centers for Disease Control's Immunization Committee, which makes recommendations on the use of vaccines.
All quotes from The New Yorker, March 13, 2006
Now I know where this dream came from and it disturbs me to to no end. You see, in the March 13th issue of The New Yorker, Michael Specter wrote an articale titled Political Science -The Bush Administration's war on the laboratory. Basically this article illustrates how the Bush adiminstration ignores hard science if the science does not fit with their ideology - no news there. What is disturbing is how the Bushies have "been relentless in its opposition to any drug, vaccine, or initiative that could be interpreted as lessening the risks associated with premarital sex." Simply put, the Bushies have made concerted efforts to block the developement and or approval of vaccines for HPV (human papillomavirus)and HIV. All because if these were to be available, this would encourage sexual behavior, and that is a no no in the Bushie's world. Bush would rather a women get cervical cancer or someone contract HIV than have a way of preventing these. Many religious conservatives are "unapologetic; not only do they believe that mass use of an HPV vaccine or the availabilty of emergency contraception will encourage adolescents to engage in unaccepatable seual behavior; some have even stated that they would feel similarly about an HIV vaccine."
I'll leave with this final quote from Reginald Finger when asked about the use of a possible HIV vaccine:
'"We would have to look at that closely. With any vaccine for HIV, disinhibition"-a medical term for the absence of fear-"would certainly be a factor, and it is somthing we will have to pay attention to with a great deal of care."'
Reginald Finger sits on the Centers for Disease Control's Immunization Committee, which makes recommendations on the use of vaccines.
All quotes from The New Yorker, March 13, 2006
posted by Michael at 10:49 AM
1 Comments:
I'm sort of surprised they haven't gone after the Hepatitis-B vaccine. Not only is Hep-B sexually-transmitted, but gay men are at higher risk than the general population.
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