My niece has HPV. She was told it was from having too much sex at an early age. She was told she probally not be able to have children.
3 children later, she has been tested several times but does not follow up. There is Cancer in the family and she is afraid to find out if something is wrong. Her children range in ages 3-10 yo. I wish there was something she could have taken when diagnosed, but I believe it must be taken before diagnosis. Being up front and personal with this situation, I believe the Guardasil should be given to all girls. They are not going to NOT have sex. Most don’t talk to their parents and at the very least a Dr should be able to counsel them on this. JMHO.
Hi MarineMom613:
I don’t believe the debate is over whether or not young girls should take Guardasil but over what terms the drug is advocated. The only state today that makes the immunization mandatory is Virgina and they do not even enforce it.
The better approach, frankly the only realistic approach, is for the government to educate parents and compel them to voluntarily immunize their daughters. Even Gov. Perry today realizes that he should have had an “opt-in” instead of making it mandatory and impose an controversial “opt-out” provision.
Then there is the other matter of crony capitalism that was much more extensive than what Gov. Perry said was $5,000 in Merck contributions.
The vaccine must be taken and the immunity built up before the first exposure to HPV. No built up immunity means no protection at first exposure.
The best immunity is built up, over time, after all three courses of the vaccine have been completed. That is why the vaccines are started at an early age.
Being up front and personal with this situation, I believe the Guardasil should be given to all girls. They are not going to NOT have sex.
See Post 17.
Actually, even a 24 year old virgin bride is at great risk for HPV because of the simple fact that, in this day and age, the 26 year old groom is probably not a virgin and has not been for quite a while.
Remember the old admonition that, when you have sex with somebody, you have also had sex with everybody that they had sex with ..... and those who had sex with them .... and those who had sex with them .... etc., etc.?
The HPVirus that the groom gave to his 24 year old virgin bride on her wedding night came from a chain of sexual partners numbering in the hundreds and dating back decades. The HPVirus that was passed on to the virgin bride on her wedding night might have come from some 14 year old who had sex when the 24 year old bride was only 7.
Trying to wipe out the HPVirus (as the Polio virus was wiped out) with a universal vaccination program protects everybody from the sexually active 14 year old to the 24 year old virgin bride with the not-so-virgin groom.