Over my (not her) dead body
It’s refreshing to once in a while say “over my dead body,” especially when you truly mean it. So here goes:
Over my dead body is my daughter going to get an experimental new drug cocktail just because Merck has succeeded in lobbying some state government to mandate it.
My priorities in life are simple. Here they are:
- My family’s health
- Everything else
Given this perspective, you can understand my immediate reaction: Here’s a huge pharmaceutical company looking to enrich its bottom line under the guise of “protecting” my daughter’s health. (No, they didn’t single her out — but keeping her front of mind creates a certain governing perspective as far as I’m concerned.)
By the way, in case you missed it, here’s what this is really about: Merck has been searching for a new drug market that it can completely own with its own patented drug. Click here to see the latest story about their 58-percent profitability plunge. Connect the dots and you get the suddenly pressing issue of immunizing pre-teen girls.
Will any of the presidential candidates stand up to big pharma? Because that’s who I’m newly interested in supporting.
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 am
[…] Remember my outrage over the cooked-up panic to immunize pre-teens against STDs (so that Merck can boost its bottom line)? […]
February 4th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
[…] I do enjoy the immediate response of many parents in Texas to this forced vaccination: the equivalent of “over my dead body.” […]
February 20th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
[…] Turns out I wasn’t alone in my outrage over the Merck’s lobbying efforts to mandate STD shots (using their own drug, naturally) for kids, a marketing putsch I frothed over here, and here, and here. Bowing to pressure from parents, the company is immediately suspending this effort, as reported by Associated Press. […]