Posted on 06/26/2006 9:35:32 AM PDT by Pyro7480
HPV Vaccine—The Chemical Condom
Last week I began to address the problem of the HPV vaccine as a tool of the culture of death. This week we need to address the "mental culture" that the vaccine fosters. This vaccine perpetuates the mendacious "safe sex" culture that underscores the sexual revolution and has wrought such havoc on our kids. If we fall for this HPV vaccine and its false doctrine of "protection" we can expect the worst aspects of the sexual revolution to be with us for another generation at least.
Here is what I mean. Imagine the attitude of our grandparents' generation toward a vaccine that supposedly protected people from the negative effects of promiscuity. They would have laughed it out of the laboratory. To the first generation that embraced this medical phenomenon, vaccines were a protection against diseases that one did not bring on oneself! There was another way to handle diseases that people inflicted on themselves—it was called morality. In other words, behavior-based transmission of a disease always requires a behavior-based solution which will not be taught by the promoters of this vaccine—as it is still not taught by the purveyors of condoms.
Just as in some individual acts with a condom, disease and pregnancy will be prevented, so also with the vaccine some women will be protected from one type of sexually transmitted disease. Several questions follow from this observation:
First, what protection will women have from the other thirty STDs that don't have vaccines and any one or more of which may be communicated in the very same HPV-protected act? Is every child to be pumped with thirty vaccines to "protect" them from all disease? Even if this were possible does our already sexually-debased society need this further degradation of human sexuality? If it is not possible, then why are we pretending that this vaccine makes people "safe"? The total climate of transmission is still toxic even if this vaccine effectively protects from one disease.
Second, what happens when/if the vaccine fails? We don't know if this vaccine will do what it purports to do. Because of the nature of inoculating any population, it will take thirty years to find it out if it actually works. If the vaccine eventually fails—like the condom—should we say that it makes women "safer" from HPV? In the meantime Merck stands to make billions with this new regimen to replace the billions lost by their Vioxx fiasco. Are we to trust the makers of Vioxx? Also, did Merck tell you that your kids will need three injections to receive this vaccine and that they'll need boosters in the future? I didn't think so.
Third, the mental attitude behind this vaccine is that kids "will do it anyway and we need to protect them." It is this attitude that is behind the promotion of condoms as a "protection" against STDs, but even the casual observe must be aware that this ethic has been a total disaster for our condomized culture. Promoting a piece of technology as a solution to an epidemic of behavior-based diseases is a lot easier than the hard work of teaching young people human values. Fifteen million people a year get these diseases in the US alone while our healthcare professionals and educators are teaching them to protect themselves. Giving our kids another unreliable safety net only foments the "mental culture" of "safe sex" that leads to the behaviors enabling the transmission of these diseases.
There is one sure way to prevent all 30 types of sexually transmitted diseases and their consequences—abstain from sex before marriage, marry an uninfected partner and don't commit adultery while married. If parents, healthcare professionals and educators are not willing to unite behind this revolutionary moral message we will just have to expect more victims of the sexual revolution.
Personally I am more interested in the 999/1000 infected people who don't get the serious cancer (don't know numbers on non-serious).
Trust me all the cancers you get from this are serious. Cervical is very bad, another that is mentioned is liver.
Even though HPV is considered a cause of cervical cancer, only one out of 1,000 women with HPV develops invasive cervical cancer (ACOG, 2000). Most HPV infection never leads to the development of cervical cancer even in the absence of medical intervention and treating precancerous cervical lesions detected by Pap tests has greatly reduced the rate of invasive cervical cancer (Ho, et al., 1998; NCI, 1999a).
If the result of vaccination is fewer pap smears then it could have the opposite effect than intended.
it is true, many people have this virus. I am a conservative, mother of 2 boys, wife of a good man, Christian, and I have HPV. I actually don't mind telling people because it needs a face and I'm it. I contracted at 21 when the boy I was seriously dating at the time and thought I would marry gave it to me. He did not know he had it, but either way I ended up having half of my cervix removed, pain, and constant years of pap smears making sure I don't have cancer as I almost did if I had not gone to my OBGYN when I did with the problem. I take care of myself and hope that no one else has to live with this virus. I for one plan to ask my OBGYN if I can take the vaccine even though there is no proof it cures the HPV at this point, but why not try anyhow. I'm glad they have this available. All girls should get it in their early teen years.
By the way men don't always know they have this when they pass it along. A women could be a virgin and never have sex until her wedding night and her hubby who could have had sex with one other person can pass on this virus to her. To me it isn't about letting people get away with having unprotected sex, it is about keeping us safe. A responsible person can end up with a virus like HPV. Heck, the guy I dated I was with him for 2 years and thought we were going to be married. I wasn't sleeping around, it was just him. My wonderful husband knows I have this virus and it is no big deal. However, if the vaccine had been available to me when I was 20 years old I would have gotten it for many of reasons even if I had waited to have sex till I was married.
Those number can be completely correct and yet have HPV be the primary reason for cervical cancer.
If more than 50% of women have it and one out of every thousand who have it get that cancer, then it could very well be the sole reason.
That's an awful lot of women in that number.
"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."
Couldn't agree more.
"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."
Interestingly, many European countries have stopped using fluoride in their water, and I believe Canada has, too.
Thanks for posting the article, and thanks for the ping to read it.
I won't be discussing it, though, because although I was crystal clear on the first thread about my position on this vaccine, a bunch of mandatory vaccine freaks came on the thread and accused me and others of threatening the lives of their children because we were opposed to mandatory vaccines.
Can't have a civil discussion with freaks like that. If they stay off this thread, it might be interesting.
This is a good thing. I just hope that people aren't fooled into thinking that the vaccine will eliminate all cervical cancer threats. There are several other things that cause it, too.
The vaccine will give a wrong attitude of a cure for HPV. Girls will feel safe and secure and for that reason may indeed experiment with sex. This is a false security. This vaccine only protects for two HPV varieties. There are 30 more. If the vaccine makes girls feel invincible, that's the rub.
So what is your solution?
Don't take the vaccine?
Block distribution of the vaccine?
Picket outside hospitals where they administer the vaccine?
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We often talk about what a great day it will be when they find a cure for cancer. Well, guess what? In this case they did. No, it's not the be-all and end-all for cancer, or even some of the more exotic strains of HPV. But why can't we be happy and encouraging when good things happen? There are any number of women and men out there carrying HPV without even knowing it, and not all of those people contracted it through 'risky' or 'immoral' behavior. Do some research - this damn bug is rampant in the population.
Get the damned vaccine! And if you have a daughter, get HER the vaccine. Education? Morality? Sure! Teach them, spread the news, scream the mountain tops, but on your way there, get vaccinated.
It's not a panacea and I think it is wrong to build it up as the cure all. All most all HPV is caused by sexual behavior that's why they call it a sexually transmitted disease.
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