I don't usually bother posting about the things Bachmann says because I think it's so unlikely she would get the Republican presidential nomination. But this is a topic that could affect people's health.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/09/15/320048/bioethicist-bachmann-hpv-vaccine/
Sep 15, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Two bioethicist professors are betting more than $10,000 that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) cannot produce a victim who suffered “mental retardation” from the HPV vaccine. University of Minnesota professor Steven Miles first challenged the Bachmann campaign, offering $1,000 for medical proof of Bachmann’s mysterious victim. Director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics Art Caplan raised the stakes by putting an additional $10,000 on the line:
If she can produce a case in one week starting today verified by three medical experts that she and I pick of a woman who became ‘retarded’ (her words) due to HPV vaccine I will donate that [$10,000] to a charity of her choice. She must donate 10k to a charity I pick if she fails to do so.
Miles’ reason for challenging Bachmann is because he said messages like hers can “do enormous public health harm.” The Bachmann campaign has ignored both challenges.
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