Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Vaccination
For many, it is one of several reasons why they oppose compulsory vaccinations: an overwhelming belief that there is a ‘big pharma’ conspiracy present in the pharmaceutical companies that produce the vaccinations, and also within the government that control vaccination purchasing and legislation. The ‘big pharma’ conspiracy theorists are majority based in the US, but will ultimately affect any opposition to compulsory vaccination legislation in the UK due to the nature of the Internet and the case study that the US provides as a country with compulsory vaccinations for children entering state education.
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However, there is proof that Merck may also be bribing select individuals in the US government, trusted vaccine groups and known sexual health groups to promote new vaccine legislation to add their new HPV vaccine to the compulsory childhood vaccination schedule (6). The HPV vaccine immunises against the human papilloma virus that can ultimately cause cervical cancer, but due to HPV having an association with sexually transmitted diseases, many pro-abstinence campaigners oppose such a vaccine being compulsory as they believe it may encourage sexual activity. Nonetheless, pro-abstinence Republic Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, issued an executive order that would cause the Gardasil HPV vaccine to be compulsory for girls in sixth grade (year 7 in the UK), which confused many people until it was discovered that Perry had accepted $6000 in campaign contributions from Merck (6). Perry had accepted a bribe to encourage new mandatory HPV vaccine legislation and in doing so, proved that pharmaceutical companies work too closely with government policy makers (7). Now even the general population could not, not be sceptical about the pharmaceutical industries’ and government’s apparent ulterior financial motives to make the largest possible profit with compulsory vaccinations
‘Big pharma’ conspiracy theorists believe that there is a conflict of interest in the pharmaceutical companies and the government, with both …show more content…
However, there is proof that Merck may also be bribing select individuals in the US government, trusted vaccine groups and known sexual health groups to promote new vaccine legislation to add their new HPV vaccine to the compulsory childhood vaccination schedule (6). The HPV vaccine immunises against the human papilloma virus that can ultimately cause cervical cancer, but due to HPV having an association with sexually transmitted diseases, many pro-abstinence campaigners oppose such a vaccine being compulsory as they believe it may encourage sexual activity. Nonetheless, pro-abstinence Republic Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, issued an executive order that would cause the Gardasil HPV vaccine to be compulsory for girls in sixth grade (year 7 in the UK), which confused many people until it was discovered that Perry had accepted $6000 in campaign contributions from Merck (6). Perry had accepted a bribe to encourage new mandatory HPV vaccine legislation and in doing so, proved that pharmaceutical companies work too closely with government policy makers (7). Now even the general population could not, not be sceptical about the pharmaceutical industries’ and government’s apparent ulterior financial motives to make the largest possible profit with compulsory vaccinations