Ha! What a scam. Hmm... let's ponder who should be the greatest Hamiltonian (Roberta Bondar) Let's read this article and see who we have... (Roberta Bondar) Well, there's the title... and... oh look! A big huge picture of Roberta Bondar! Wow... I think we know who they want us to vote for, anyway. Hamilton is really great, and has turned out some iconically amazing people, why do we just have to choose one? Sure, maybe it doesn't give as much cause for debate, but that way we honour and commemorate all of the amazing things that have done by people from Hamilton. I mean really, if were going to nominate anybody, it should really be this guy, anyway:
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
HPV Vaccine
Seriously? I can't believe what a huge debate is going on about this! I think the "moral reasons" for not getting the vaccine are absolutely insane. Parents seem to think that if their daughters get this vaccine, then it will encourage them to have sex, which I personally think is absolutely ridiculous. Unless there is a side effect causing the patient to become horny, I have my doubts that having a big scary needle for a virus that sex can cause is going to encourage many young girls to have sex. Especially if it could lead to getting cancer. If someone told me when I was younger that I'm getting a needle (which I hate) for a virus that can be caused mainly if I have sex and that can lead to cancer... I don't think I'd be racing to have sex for a while. If you can give your daughter a chance to live a longer, healthier life, then why not do it?!
If you want to preach abstinence to your daughters, fine, it's your decision, and I encourage it, but at some point they are going to be sexually active. Even if your daughter is a virgin on her wedding night, what about her partner? Many people don't get married till about 28, what is the guarantee that both them are going to be virgins and that their partner is going to be STD-free and faithful. It seems irresponsible to not give your daughter the vaccination. How could a parent look them in the eye if she said no and they got cancer down the road? How stupid would you feel? Oh... crap... I could have done something about that. How would it feel to be the precursor in your own daughter's development of cancer? I do agree that parents, or at the very least the nurses who are giving the vaccination should fully explain what the vaccination is for and why it's a good idea to get it.
Many of the reasons for the debate about this vaccine lay, not only in the moral reasons, but in distrust of pharmaceutical companies. One concerned mother said that "We can't just trust the medical community to know what's best for our children". Sorry... what? Excuse me if I'm wrong... but isn't that sort of what they're there for? To help you when your child is sick, when you have a baby, ect? This must be coming from the same type of mother who didn't give her child vaccinations because she thinks that the pharmaceutical companies just want to "Pad their bottom line", for example in House:
"The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, prominent cheerleaders for the vaccine, praised the government’s announcement to make the vaccine widely available, no doubt also buoyed by the $1.5 million grant it received from Merck. For educational purposes, of course." (http://commonground.ca/iss/0709194/cg194_cassels.shtml). I don't understand the adversion to the government finally donating funds to assist in medical research... why should we be suspicious, that just casts a very cynical and depressing view of the world. So, for all the parents who believe that the pharmaceutical company is just trying to scam money out of us "poor workers" Take a second to think... #1, the vaccination is free in public schools, and #2, if the government wasn't spending money on this, what would you rather they spend it on? War?
If you want to preach abstinence to your daughters, fine, it's your decision, and I encourage it, but at some point they are going to be sexually active. Even if your daughter is a virgin on her wedding night, what about her partner? Many people don't get married till about 28, what is the guarantee that both them are going to be virgins and that their partner is going to be STD-free and faithful. It seems irresponsible to not give your daughter the vaccination. How could a parent look them in the eye if she said no and they got cancer down the road? How stupid would you feel? Oh... crap... I could have done something about that. How would it feel to be the precursor in your own daughter's development of cancer? I do agree that parents, or at the very least the nurses who are giving the vaccination should fully explain what the vaccination is for and why it's a good idea to get it.
Many of the reasons for the debate about this vaccine lay, not only in the moral reasons, but in distrust of pharmaceutical companies. One concerned mother said that "We can't just trust the medical community to know what's best for our children". Sorry... what? Excuse me if I'm wrong... but isn't that sort of what they're there for? To help you when your child is sick, when you have a baby, ect? This must be coming from the same type of mother who didn't give her child vaccinations because she thinks that the pharmaceutical companies just want to "Pad their bottom line", for example in House:
"The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, prominent cheerleaders for the vaccine, praised the government’s announcement to make the vaccine widely available, no doubt also buoyed by the $1.5 million grant it received from Merck. For educational purposes, of course." (http://commonground.ca/iss/0709194/cg194_cassels.shtml). I don't understand the adversion to the government finally donating funds to assist in medical research... why should we be suspicious, that just casts a very cynical and depressing view of the world. So, for all the parents who believe that the pharmaceutical company is just trying to scam money out of us "poor workers" Take a second to think... #1, the vaccination is free in public schools, and #2, if the government wasn't spending money on this, what would you rather they spend it on? War?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Hello World!
Hey guys, I'm Mallory, and this marks my first blog for CMST. Can't wait to get started!
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