Posted on 10/27/2009 5:25:49 AM PDT by markomalley
Almost one in five girls (19 per cent) also think a boyfriend may expect them to take sexual risks because they have had the jab.
One in four girls having the cervical cancer jab would not tell a boyfriend they had been vaccinated while one in five think the vaccine is embarrassing because it is for a sexually-transmitted infection.
However, 79 per cent of girls said having the vaccination reminds them of the possible risks of sexual contact and 93 per cent think it shows they are serious about their own health.
The survey of more than 500 12 and 13-year-olds was funded by GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the Cervarix vaccine currently used in a national immunisation programme.
The girls, from the Manchester area, were questioned before the vaccine was available nationally.
It is the first survey to focus on girls' views of the vaccine rather than asking their parents for their thoughts.
Almost four in five girls said they discussed the decision to have the vaccine with their parents and, of those girls whose parents refused the vaccine, 42 per cent actually wanted it.
However, one in 10 (10 per cent) girls receiving the jab did not want it.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What a majorly stupid bunch of people.
Why’s that? Can you explain?
It looks like the questions were asked of a bunch of 12-13 year olds. I seem to remember most 12-13 year olds are incapable of stringing a coherent sentence together, let alone surmise how an immunization would impact their sex lives.
Then again, when I was that age I would say ANYTHING :) “Hey baby, its ok, you’re protected by that shot . . . really . . . and I love you too!”
They think a vaccination will make them promiscuous? How stupid is that idea?
How do you make British girl more promiscuous?
Birth control pills do not make people promiscuous.
You are blaming the gun for the crime. If you are going to be promiscuous, a birth control pill or a Cervical
jab” will not have the same results. You can still get pregnant after a “jab” and you can still get HPV on the Pill. If you do both, you can still get AIDS. It’s like saying that a car can lead to promiscuity because it has a back seat
If you have guns in your home, you will greatly increase the chances of an accident involving a gun in your home. That doesn’t mean the gun caused the accident because the same is true of having a blender which can lead to increased chances of a blender accident.
“They” is what the article said. The Telegraph is a rage mag and writes stuff they think will sell. The only UK media pages I’ve seen that is sort of honest is SkyNews and some of BBC. It’s an editorial put out as news. That’s the way I read it. Kids are going to have sex, whether parents like it or not. If the vaccine works as published I don’t see harm.
Actually, I’m surprised as many girls interviewed want the vaccine. Really, a cervical jab sounds horrible! Ow!!!
They may want to rethink getting the “jab”:
http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/10/25/top_stories/doc4ae4b76d07e16766677720.txt#
yes, that sounds incredibly painful!!!
The disease doesn’t necessarily wait until the 60s. I had a displasia at age 29, although I don’t know if it was virus related. The treatment was very painful. If a simple vaccine can save young women from that kind of pain, it’s completely worthwhile.
My original comment was directed at the terminology used in the article. A cervical jab sounds a heck of a lot more painful than a little needle prick in the arm!
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