 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | One huge piece of the proposed Florida Gardasil Vaccination Bill that keeps getting conveniently overlooked by those that espouse freedom of choice and parental rights was that there was a OPT OUT feature that allowed ANY parent WITHOUT STATING THEIR REASON to sign a form saying I don't want my daughter to get the shots and that was it.
Also the Florida Bill also would have covered the shots under the Free Shots for Florida Program so that parents that couldn't afford the shots would have gotten them for free. That was done because statistically the underprivileged have higher cervical cancer rates.
How could anyone, absent another agenda, not vote to approve that Bill?
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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