The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2006, over 9,700 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3,700 women will die from this cancer in the U.S.
From the ACIP link in post # 139
Thank you. I googled 'cervical cancer cases in 2006' and I would swear everything was a Merck site.
Ostensibly, 3700 is not an epidemic. But, looking closer at the nature of people, it could easily get to be an epidemic. Still, I'm for more information on the drug.
I just read at another site there are 166 HPV viruses and that only 3-4 are snuffed by Gardasil. Why not wait one year, if one so CHOOSES, to see what the competition comes up with? A better product?
Merck is in a hurry to get their patent...
But did you also read that most of the people who die from cervical cancer are the women who have never had pap smears in their lives or in the past 5 years.
How about forcing women to have pap smears every year? I think that would be better than forcing girls to get a vaccine.