[DoughtyOne]

Yes, even in the medical community you can find people that will tell you anything you want to hear.

Start asking a broad spectrum of people in this community what they are doing with their ten year old daughters, and I’ll bet you find a fairly large group that are playing wait and see, as well they should.

This is not a highly contagious communicable disease. As such ten year old girls should not have been forced to do something they had no control over.

Without the state’s and their own parent’s permission, they could not have opted out on their own. For a non-communicable disease, that is incredibly wrong.

[goat granny]

agree not necessary, I would not believe the government nor the pharma. The only way to find out is to read a PDR (physician's desk reference). That will list all risks and contraindications...that is the only thing I would believe on what the vaccine is all about... For those not in the medical field, it lists every drug, its chemical compounds, its risk, its contraindications and lists all results of the vaccine.. Since its a new drug, you would need the 2011 edition...it comes out every year and all doctors have one in their office.

[CA Conservative]

For a non-communicable disease, that is incredibly wrong.

communicable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

The vectors for transmitting HPV are limited, but it certainly is a communicable disease - it is passed from person to person. And the reason the recommended age for the vaccine is so young is that once a girl is sexually active and is exposed to the virus, the vaccine is useless - it is then just a game of Russian Roulette, waiting to see if you get the big "C" or not. Considering that almost half of teenagers surveyed will admit to having sexual intercourse by age 19 (this does not count oral sex, which is another mode of transmission and can cause oral cancers), there are a lot of girls/women who could be saved by the vaccination.

Of course, parental rights are primary. Perry apparently thought the easy opt-out provision was sufficient to protect those rights, but others disagree.