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.
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?
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.
So we're supposed to be encouraging VD rather than abstinence as the means by which sex outside of marriage is reduced?
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.