Posted on 08/26/2009 5:11:05 AM PDT by Kaslin
prevents SOME kinds of cancer. sorry your sensibilities are offended by reality, it says so right in the commercials for it, it’s not a failsafe.
And does absolutely NOTHING to prevent a whole host of deadly STDs that many young women will put themselves at risk for when the assume that this “vaccine” is protecting them.
i have zero problem with those who want to vaccinate their children, but i will not sit still to be talked down to by yahoos who think they know better, when my husband and i, both educated and intelligent people, have researched this and reached our own conclusions. my nearly 21 yo daughter has made her own decision not to have the vaccine.
I agree completely.
Unfortunately, there are a great many young women who definitely NEED this vaccine. However, there are also quite a few young women who have NO REASON to get this vaccine (if, God forbid, they are raped the emergency room can take precautions for HPV). Unlike polio, chicken pox, mumps, measles and other viruses for which children are normally vaccinate, HPV does not spread through normal contact. It is a sexually tranmitted virus which women can CHOOSE NOT TO GET.
So, when xsteen turns 21 does she get to be xsadult?
bump!
Comparing Polio with HPV is a bit of a stretch of examples.
Why not compare it to small pox while you are at it.
This vaccine, is not 100% effective, does not stop “cervical cancer”. In fact not one study ever done on it proves it can stop cervical cancer.
What it can do, when it works, is prevent certain types of HPV infections, when it works.
The devil is always in the details.
Yes certain HPV infections if they infect the vagina etc can cause Cancer later in life. However, these are not the only causes of cervical cancer.
There are about 11,000 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in the US per year. The 5 year survival rate of cervical cancer is 71%. If detected in the earliest stages, its 5 year survival rate is 92%. With both of these rates increasing annually.
Cervical cancer is also something that generally develops later in life, rarely seen in women under 20 years old and generally are mid life when it develops.
So, knowing your child could be permanently disabled or drop dead from a side effect for vaccine a disease that even if she contracts it, likely will not happen until she’s about 40, and she’ll likely survive by 70-90% or more depending on when its detected, is it worth the risk??
I hope I never have to bury a child, but if I do, I hope I’m hoping they are in their 40s, rather than in their teens.
Honest risk/reward on this vaccine doesn’t equate to a “no brainer” when its properly analyzed.
Let women make up their own minds on this, but don’t think screwing with a 9 year olds autoimmune system, like this vaccine does, doesn’t come with some very searious and real long term risks. Not all reactions will be known for years, there are long term risks especially when given to young girls, that won’t be known for years.
she can go by whatever she likes in her real life, but on FR she will be xsteen in perpetuity! ; )
That seems a little mean! :-)
she looks young for her age anyway ; )
This has been my concern all along. Why the rush to vaccinate millions of girls (many of whom ARE NOT AT RISK) against a virus (which IS TREATABLE) that sometimes causes a TREATABLE form of cancer?
NOBODY can say what the effects of Gardasil will be on these girls in 10 or 15 years.
Thanks for posting this, Kaslin. People really need to take a very close look at the risks versus the potential benefits of this new vaccine.
Ping
I agree with the above (post #1). An attempt at another shortcut for folks. It is much harder job for parents to teach and guide their children in chastity. Boys and girls. As well as it is a tough job to supervise them, knowing where and whom they are associating with. I reckon many buy into this and think a shot is the prudent thing to do and well “nowadays all teenagers experiment and have sex” so they surrender half way through the child’s life. In the meantime my husband & I will do many things to continue to counsel and raise our children to care for themselves and others with the utmost respect.
Seven percent permanently harmed is still pretty high for the skank vaccine. It's disgusting they are pushing this on young girls, too young and misinformed to understand the dangers. They are going to have to track these girls for weird reproductive, fertility, and gynecological problems, as well as automimmune diseases.
Population Control
Exactly! Thank you for articulating this so well.
Tetanus Vaccines, Spontaneous Abortions, and Population Control
(1) The vaccine only protects against some strains of HPV that cause cancer, not all of them.
(2) It lasts only five years.
(3) You only get the virus from intimate contact. You can't get it from casual contact.
No, sorry, it's not a "NO BRAINER," not even close. Especially not for 11 yo girls.
Cervical cancer is very treatable IF it is caught early. But if it's not caught early, it can be deadly.
Sounds like a pretty damn smart thing to do. But like I said...I'm waiting to make sure the vaccine is safe when my daughters reach puberty.
Getting the shot doesn’t say anything about their virtue.
My niece got married a little over a year ago, 2 months after she got married she found woman walking out of her home. The woman had been sleeping with her husband even while my niece was engaged.
My niece had to get all kinds of tests to see if she had a STD.
I have 12 year old twin girls. I think they are a bit young to get the vaccine. One of them has a brain injury and seizures and some other medical issues. I was talking to her cardiologist about vaccines and even she said to wait a few years on this one. (My gynecologist was encouraging me to get my daugnters vaccinated, but she doesn’t know their medical history.)
I know my daughters aren’t having sex at this time. They barely even talk to boys. I would like to wait until they are 18 so they can make an informed decision about this vaccine on their own.
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