Reply #59: The public health community isn't calling for mandating this vaccine. [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

Big difference. As I wrote, I am in favor of making the vaccine available, and even as a free vaccine for those who can't afford it. That goes for all of the other vaccines administered today. Merck recognizes that the richest source of profit for this product is the United States . It isn't enough to have approval and to be able to use the power of advertising to drum up business. Merck recognizes that the best way to maximize profits is through convincing individual states to mandate the vaccinations.
Only after they have milked the worth from the U.S. and other wealthy countries will they bother to lower the price sufficiently to serve the less developed areas of the world, places where routine exams and PAP smears don't happen either and arguably the need for the vaccine is even greater.