IOW, it is NOT casually transmitted. What is the incidence of transmission through nonsexual contact?
The problem with this whole thing is that cervical cancer is not that common to begin with. Only a portion of cervical cancer is believed to be connected to certain strains of HPV. While it appears that the vaccine is capable of immunizing against those specific strains, it is not yet shown that it does indeed prevent cervical cancer from developing. It is inferred that the vaccine should help reduce the incidence of HPV *caused* cancers, but since cervical cancer takes so long to develop, there’s no evidence that it actually does what it’s intended to do. The vaccine has not been around long enough.
Not to mention that cervical cancer can be picked up easily with a simple, quick routine PAP smear.
One of the problems with this vaccine is that it is going to give women a false sense of security. This will not prevent the spread of other sexually transmitted diseases and will not eliminate the need for PAP tests to detect the other types of cervical cancer. Lest you think that that kind of mindset is not going to happen, it already has as evidenced by a female politician who had her daughter vaccinated and proudly proclaimed that now she doesn’t have to worry about her daughter dying from cervical cancer.
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Pol has plan to nix cervical cancer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782347/posts
“”This is a revolutionary opportunity to eradicate a disease that kills many, many women. As a mom, I’m grateful my daughter will not have to fear having cervical cancer,” said Paulin, whose 18-year-old daughter just received her first shot.”
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The other issue is that this vaccine is supposed to prevent unnecessary deaths from cervical cancer. Every unnecessary death from the vaccine nullifies one death from the cancer.
This disease can have serious consequences no doubt, BUT it is not an epidemic that is easily transmitted and so requires, or justifies,the drastic steps taken so far in implementing the vaccine.
Pol has plan to nix cervical cancer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782347/posts
“”This is a revolutionary opportunity to eradicate a disease that kills many, many women. As a mom, I’m grateful my daughter will not have to fear having cervical cancer,” said Paulin, whose 18-year-old daughter just received her first shot.”
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This lady is wrong on so many counts that it’s not funny. It’s not going to eradicate any disease if only half the population is getting it, and likely the ones most likely to need the vaccine (the promiscuous) are going to be least likely to get it.
Her daughter still does have to fear getting cervical cancer as the vaccine doesn’t cover all the causes; it’s not an *anti-cancer* vaccine as it’s touted to be.
The other thing that’s alarming is that people that ignorant of what’s going on are the ones making the laws requiring US (the unwashed masses) to get the vaccine. I don’t want someone that out of touch making my health care decisions for me, thank-you.
If you make it voluntary, no doubt a lot of people will get it. If they get it, then that will reduce the incidence of the disease in the population as a whole. I’m in favor of the vaccine, just not the idea of making it mandatory. I say let’s see what can be done first by simply making it available. Then if it turns out to be the godsend that some claim, we can decide whether it should be mandatory, like the polio vaccine was.