Posted on 06/26/2006 9:35:32 AM PDT by Pyro7480
That is totally unacceptable!
Ping!
Just make sure your kids get this vaccine, this is a medical issue. 80% of teh population has this virus, their future wife or husband will probably have it. Even if tehy are a virgin till marriage only a fool would not protect against a deadly cancer.
To disparage such a huge medical advance on incredibly shaky moral grounds is dangerous and irresponsible. Get the vaccine and applaud the 'evil' pharmaceutical company that did such amazing work.
I'm shocked that people are missing the point - I don't know if it's willful ignorance or true ignorance.
I'm shocked that people are missing the point - I don't know if it's willful ignorance or true ignorance.
whoops, 'scuse the hiccup
Yes it is estimated a huge % has it, I assume that I do, and the vaccine protects against several cancers.
For some reason, the Valtrexx commercial popped into my head.
"It's about suppression"
The one commercial has the lady stating that her guy doesn't know she has herpes.
But, apparently in the commercial, since she has Valtrexx she doesn't have to worry about telling him.
(Immediately afterwards the commercial states that one can still spread herpes even when no visible outbreak occurs.)
So the attitude becomes that of 'do it often, have your fun' and no condom use because they premise that they are protected.
How much you want to bet that the HPV vaccine will foster a similar attitude?
Only 1 infected person in 1000 gets serious cancer from the virus. However the cancer treatment is no picnic compared to the extremely low risk from the vaccine. All I am against is making it mandatory.
I'm all for morality, but I didn't realize that you had to be for cancer at the same time.
I can appreciate the concerns being addressed here, but I still think it's misguided to oppose development of vaccines on the grounds that they could remove disincentives to bad behavior.
I don't care how people get the diseases they get -- I still don't want them to die for making one mistake.
There are those who would force their decisions on others in as much as they would force others to take a preventive measure they may not ever need due to someone elses bad decisions.
For example, forcing me to take a vaccine for HPV because someone else is irresponsibly stupid.
(Like those who take Valtrexx and think they don't have to be honest with their Sig-others, or can't spread their herpes.)
So we're supposed to be encouraging VD rather than abstinence as the means by which sex outside of marriage is reduced?
Sure but if even 40% of the population has this virus, 1 in a 1000 is a lot of cancers. It also interests me because this viral link to certain cancers may mean this will be an approach to fighting other cancers.
Well, if we want to talk about forcing stuff on people, how about making everyone swallow flouride with every drink of water. I recall some claims of a flouride/ cancer link. And that one's just fighting tooth decay.
I also wonder about the means of transmission of this virus. I'm not sure a kiss won't do it. In my mind this is not an issue like giving out condoms. The condom is for use in having sex. This vaccine is to protect against something your future spouse may give you even if you wait till marriage. The vaccine does nothing to get you out there having sex, unless you are extremely ignorant and uninformed.
Yeah.
I don't need gubbiment to nanny me to death.
Which is what it does.
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