The Issue: Whether the government has the right to require young girls to get an HPV vaccination.
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Michele Bachmann’s opposition to the vaccination of underage girls without parental consent is an important issue that will resonate among millions of parents (“A Deadly Hysteria,” Robert Goldberg, PostOpinion, Sept 14).
The real issue is, who makes decisions about children’s health — the parents or the state?
If I were a parent, I would not want the state dispensing birth-control materials or vaccines without my knowledge and consent.
Bachmann is to be congratulated for airing an issue to which millions of voting parents can relate.
James Nollet
Mikowice, Poland
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Robert Goldberg dismisses and practically mocks the notion that vaccines can cause brain injury.
It seems Goldberg needs to do a little research. He might start by visiting the US government’s Vaccine Adverse Events Report System Web site.
Next, he can look up how many millions of dollars the vaccine injury compensation fund has paid out for such injuries.
Brain injury from vaccination is not just plausible, it is a reality.
Linda Moffitt
Orangeburg
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Why is it so hard to get an abstinence program implemented at our schools, yet it’s OK to mandate a vaccine to 12-year-old girls to prevent a disease that would certainly be caused by premature sexual activity?
Shouldn’t Goldberg’s Center for Medicine in the Public Interest be interested in educating our young people on the dangers to their health, both physically and emotionally, of premature sexual activity?
Ann Vetter
Floral Park