HPV Vaccine Mandates Risky and Expensive (Vaccine Safety Group Finds Serious Reactions, High Costs)

PR Newswire ^ | Feb 1, 2007 | Unknown

[Marie]

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since the CDC's July 2006 universal use recommendation for all young girls, NVIC found reports of loss of consciousness, seizures, joint pain and Guillain-Barre Syndrome. In a separate evaluation of costs for young girls being vaccinated in private pediatrician offices, NVIC discovered that parents living in the Washington, D.C. area will be paying between $500 and $900 to have their daughters receive three doses of GARDASIL.

"GARDASIL safety appears to have been studied in fewer than 2,000 girls aged 9 to 15 years pre-licensure clinical trials and it is unclear how long they were followed up. VAERS is now receiving reports of loss of consciousness, seizures, arthritis and other neurological problems in young girls who have received the shot," said NVIC President Barbara Loe Fisher. "At the same time, parents who take their daughters to private pediatricians are going to be shocked to find that they will be paying two to three times the widely publicized $360 cost for the three-dose series. The cost is going to break the pocketbooks of parents and break the banks of both insurance companies and taxpayers, when the reality is that almost all cases of HPV- associated cervical cancer can be prevented with annual pap screening of girls who are sexually active."

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[Marie]

As a new citizen of Texas, I'm *really* irritated with our governor for signing an executive order stating that all our girls must be vaccinated with this drug.

My main argument against mandatory vaccination with Gardasil has always been with the fact that it’s so new. I don't care how careful the FDA is; new side effects are found when a drug hits the masses. Sometimes they're not so bad. Sometimes they're devastating.

Parents and their children's doctors should be the ones to make the decision for our girls. Heck, at least run it through the state legislature!

[CedarDave]

Parents and their children's doctors should be the ones to make the decision for our girls. Heck, at least run it through the state legislature!

Gordon Liddy today agreed; called it the "slut shot" because by mandating it for all young girls it assumed they would all become sexually active as young teens.

[Old_Mil]

when the reality is that almost all cases of HPV- associated cervical cancer can be prevented with annual pap screening of girls who are sexually active.

This is, in fact a lie.

Annual pap smears hope to catch cervical cancer before it becomes a nasty, invasive, metastatic disease. They in no way prevent the disease, nor are they perfect.

[Old_Mil]

Gordon Liddy today agreed; called it the "slut shot" because by mandating it for all young girls it assumed they would all become sexually active as young teens.

You do understand that the HPV virus does not check to see if a valid marriage certificate is in the possession of an individual before it infects them? That a girl who is raped by an HPV positive individual, or a girl who marries an asymptomatic guy who contracted the virus earlier in life and either didn't know or lied about his status is as at risk as the "slut"?

[rwfromkansas]

Marry virgins and there isn't a problem.

[Getready]

Another major issue is that it only protects against 4 of
the 16 major variants of the virus...they are the 4 most
prevalent at this time, but if everyone is "xxxxxxx" everyone
else, cause they think they are safe, then soon enough,
the other 12 variants will show up...
Why don't they make it mandatory not to pass the virus on,
and if you do, you go to jail..and pay the persons
medical bills? How about that for "mandatoriness"?

[goodnesswins]

I think the point is......shame/educate people into KNOWING that NOT behaving like a "slut" could good be GOOD for your HEALTH!

[Old_Mil]

The four variants it protects against are the four that cause disease. This is the way that vaccines are designed, and is true in the case of others such as that against H. Influenza as well.

[biff]

Virgins?????

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

ping - my friend

[Old_Mil]

I think the point is......shame/educate people into KNOWING that NOT behaving like a "slut" could good be GOOD for your HEALTH!

That is another issue altogether. I am not against abstinence education. But for people to turn their back on a valid vaccine is silly. Again, as I stated earlier, not everyone who is HPV positive (estimated at up to 70% of the sexually active population of the United States, married or not) got that way because they slept around. In fact, I'd venture to say that the vast majority of these people *weren't* "sluts".

[Old_Mil]

Marry virgins and there isn't a problem

Quite right you are! As soon as you invent a virgin detector, let me know.

[Marie]

Annual pap smears hope to catch cervical cancer before it becomes a nasty, invasive, metastatic disease. They in no way prevent the disease, nor are they perfect.

I do agree with you on this.

*IF* this vaccine is safe and truly protects women from cervical cancer... *WHOOPEE*!! I'm there.

BUT I do NOT want my daughter on the front lines of *any* new drug. I've known 5 women who've battled cervical cancer. They're all alive to tell the tale. But my mom was sterilized by her IUD in the 70's and I know medicine isn't perfect. Thalidomide, the Dalkon shield, Phen-fen... at one time we thought they were all fine.

If this were a new drug that offered the hope of saving people on the edge, then I'd be all for it. But we're taking risks with healthy young girls and we won't know for sure how safe this vaccine really is until it's been out for a number of years.

If another mother wants to take this risk with her daughter, fine. But I won't be on that band-wagon.

[isthisnickcool]

There was no coronation of Rick Perry and it may come as a surprise to Mr. Perry but he is neither prince or king. The citizens of Texas are not his property. Mr. Perry is obviously seriously lacking in common sense or is just outright stupid as a rock when it comes to understanding that people are not without rights. The liberties and freedoms of parents and their children in Texas are not Mr. Perry's to mess with. He apparently thinks people are cattle and he demands to brand them. Outrageous.

You and I have the ability and the dignity and the right to make our own decisions and determine our own destiny. -- RONALD REAGAN

[CedarDave]

The post by goodnesswins captures the meaning in use of the word.

[Brucifer]

But Rick Perry... doesn't he have good hair? He must be a good governor with hair like that.

[goodnesswins]

Kinda like the early birth control pills......

[Old_Mil]

Certainly your choice to make (I'm not in any way supporting mandatory Gardasil vaccinations). However, we've vaccinated millions of people over almost three generations now and there simply isn't any serious scientific evidence that vaccination is harmful to one's health...I'd say that track record puts Gardasil in a different category than the other things you cite. Certainly medicine isn't perfect, but vaccination has a long and respected track record when it comes to preventing disease.

[ConservaTexan]

Seems like Gardasil may not be as safe as Merck & CO., Inc. are claiming. It is sounding more like VIOXX by the minute. At the least it should be tested further, before we begin assaulting little girls with it.

[Revel]

"As a new citizen of Texas, I'm *really* irritated with our governor for signing an executive order stating that all our girls must be vaccinated with this drug."

So are you going to do it?