tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post8975741499291985851..comments2023-10-09T11:42:57.305-04:00Comments on Healthcare, etc.: Should 11-year old girls be mandated to get HPV vaccine?Marya Zilberberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-35478056349431503502009-10-25T20:10:59.909-04:002009-10-25T20:10:59.909-04:00"Anonymous" have you thought of the fact..."Anonymous" have you thought of the fact that this vaccine has hardly been tested and has a wide variety of side effects that are worse than it's purported benefit? I agree with Marya "the cure is worse than the disease". The American Cancer Society states that cervical cancer is down 70% in the past 30 years and that with yearly pap test early prevention almost always leads to a cure. I feel that this vaccine is being pushed to hard (perhaps desperate times for Merck? ) without proper testing.Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-17302544217804166642009-08-30T08:49:51.461-04:002009-08-30T08:49:51.461-04:00Thanks for your comment, anonymous. I believe you ...Thanks for your comment, anonymous. I believe you missed my point -- the risk benefit of this intervention warrants extreme caution, as is likely to be the case with most vaccinations for diseases not meeting the criteria I outlined ("the cure is worse than the disease" type of thing). Overlaying the opportunity to teach responsibility for me puts the nail in its coffin.Marya Zilberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-90407317175184036102009-08-30T07:15:26.143-04:002009-08-30T07:15:26.143-04:00I don't see the mandate as any permision to ac...I don't see the mandate as any permision to act sexually that is how you raise your kids or do not that makes the most difference not what the schools decide to teach. When did it become the schools responsibility? well I guess you mean it is good for schools to teach EVERYONE so that those with poor parents or lax parenting get information about what sex is and how to practice it safely, avoid unwanted kids and oh yeah wait until you're emotionally ready. Also the drug company not only has profit motive but a good public health motive to vaccinate everyone because imagine if only a portion of people got polio vaccine. IF they did they wouldnt have wiped it out ( minus a few cases worldwide) and I dont think they give that vaccine anymore right? Anyways I believe that the more people vaccinated the better population -wise or public health wise its effect so makes sense to mandate it. Just bcause it is related to a sexually transmitted disease doesn't make that logic false, just politcally messy. Finally as a RN I think your comment about condoms is a false one even if it reduces the rate of transmission I bet it doesn't prevent HPV I think any contact genital to genital would work probally other types of contact I bet too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com