then lets get into long term effects! how long has the drug been available? have they studied it over a period of 20-30 years to know what effect it will have on the babies of girls that were given this drug? NO. Case in point...DES! It was available in about 40 different names, and given to women to stop their lactating, among other things. If given to a mother while a female baby is still in the womb, that drug then not only effected the mother it was given to but also the baby girl she was carrying AND -- the eggs in that baby girl's ovaries for the next generation! We are JUST NOW seeing the huge effects of DES.
so this vaccine was to help deal with a cancer issue that strikes women in their early to mid 20's...yet the vaccine will not even be strong enough, at that point in their life, to do what it was tauted to do.
further, this vaccine will only effect 4 out of 40 cancers...so how is there a justification for mandatory shots? it is not a virus nearing epidemic proportions that anyone can get(ie. measles, mumps, chickenpox).
then i wonder...why are they making a vaccine for girls, and not for guys?! wouldn't it make sense??
i am currently seeing the effects of DES given to my mother's generation...now effecting my children and grandchildren. i do NOT wish this an ANYONE. this drug (HPV SHOT) should not have been released at this time and MERCK knows it. why do you think they suddenly pulled their lobbyist?
children are precious. their lives should be guarded and protected. sometimes that means even protecting them from things like the HPV shot.
i am done ranting now. i will go sit down.
I agree that the vaccine should not be mandatory. That said, are you really advocating conducting clinical trials for 20-30 years?