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Re: Let The Evidence Fit The Policy.
by LoRo
If only I was old enough to stand as an MP. I'd like to set up a 'humanist' party, the manifesto of which would be centred on building policies based on quantitative evidence rather than the pseudo-science rubbish that the government (and many members of the public) subscribe to. Oh and I wouldn't try to get the UK out of the human rights act........unlike Cameron. I think that the rolling out of the HPV vaccine (it is NOT a cervical cancer vaccine, and it is shocking that it has been marketed as such) is more evidence to support the governments lack of ability to make fact-based decisions, the vaccine available on the NHS is certainly not the best vaccine of it's kind available, the vaccine only protects against some of the HPV strains that are linked with cervical caner, I could go on with more evidence. I seriously doubt that death from cervical cancer will be lower amongst those vaccinated, and I have chosen not to get vaccinated. Also some of the 'documentaries', that many people watch (and then take everything mentioned within them as gospel truth) are often appalling in factual content, or seem to serve the purpose of government propaganda (e.g. Panorama on Swine Flu), rather than educating the public to enable them to make informed choices. Hmm.........this seems to have turned into more of a rant than I intended! Plus sorry to hear about the SAD it's something I always get struck by, I'm really not looking forward to doing AS modules in January, because my motivation to revise will be zero (Christmas is always my worst time with it). Hope things pick up for you soon.
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