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To: Spktyr

You must be a male. This vaccine is only effective for 3 strains of HPV. There are many more. This vaccine can cause pain at the site of the vaccine and who knows what other symptoms. This vaccine is not needed for girls who do not sleep around. This vaccine must be administered in a series of 3 applications and it must be done every 5 years. I would say nuts to you Gov. Perry. You have no right to tell parents what kind of medical protection to give to their children. I hope the parents in Texas tell Gov. Perry they are not happy with his decision.


165 posted on 02/02/2007 3:45:48 PM PST by conservative blonde (Let's call the Jr. Senator from Illinois by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: conservative blonde

You must be a male. This vaccine is only effective for 3 strains of HPV. There are many more. This vaccine can cause pain at the site of the vaccine and who knows what other symptoms. This vaccine is not needed for girls who do not sleep around. This vaccine must be administered in a series of 3 applications and it must be done every 5 years. I would say nuts to you Gov. Perry. You have no right to tell parents what kind of medical protection to give to their children. I hope the parents in Texas tell Gov. Perry they are not happy with his decision.

Argue against it by all means, but know the facts. It's only effective against 4 strains - but those are the strains that cause most of the cervical cancer and genital warts. There are many HPV strains that are asymptomatic and cause no problem. And ANY vaccine can cause pain at the site of the vaccination, usually fairly brief.

375 posted on 02/02/2007 10:02:52 PM PST by retMD
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