Strike The Root Blog

I just came across this story that reports the corporate-state-fascist news media is pushing the idea that young boys should get the vaccine Gardasil in order to protect them from HPV (Human Papilloma Virus). This latest product of the state-privileged drug pushers has been shoved onto young girls and women, since HPV has been reportedly linked to cervical cancer in some women (though it is not an automatic given that HPV will definitely lead to cervical cancer).

Now, as we all know, the male of our species does not have a cervix. But get this: the rationale is that boys could get HPV through having oral sex, thus increasing their risk for throat cancer. I am not kidding:

“Here’s how this campaign works. (Warning: This contains some graphic language, but it’s the only way I can accurately describe just how stupid these vaccination scare tactics have become. If you’re offended by certain words, you probably shouldn’t be reading anything on this website in the first place…) To pull this off, the drug companies start floating scare stories about how anyone can get cancer by touching doorknobs. How? Because you never know when some HPV carrying person might have touched a doorknob after touching themselves. Therefore, doorknobs can give you sexually transmitted diseases, and if you happen to touch yourself after touching the doorknob, then — watch out! — suddenly you’re going to die from cervical cancer, throat cancer, crotch cancer or whatever other fear mongering diseases they can dream up. Doorknobs are dangerous, didn’t you know?”

Is Dick Cheney running the pharmaceutical companies, too?

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