I agree with Mark about one thing - it was a major thread hijack from whether missing treatments was an issue ot not. And I personally have not "...dragged the topic across a desert from what it started."

On Dec. 6th I attempted to bring the topic back, futily obviously.

I think it's a little strong to call it "senseless banter and outright argument". The HPV topic has permeated the forum with gusto since its links have been identified. If you have been absent for a while you may have missed that. Besides that, I cannot see the "argument" component of your statement and correcting bad information is hardly "senseless banter".

Like it or not, Gardasil has strong and extreme political and religious overtones. That is a fact and we have merely been attempting to present the scientific truth about it and also provide help for a poster dealing with adverse effects issues.

Your political affiliation is of no concern to me and shouldn't be in the mix.

I also resent being quoted out of context.

We administrators have the capability to move topics, split and prune threads, etc., so we have to take some personal responsibility when a thread goes this far off topic.

I personally apologize to Angel for allowing this to get out of control and so far off topic and to Rita for not moving her thread into a separate topic.