[excerpt] .....The science shows that in order for this vaccine to work it needs to be administered before a person becomes sexually active. According to a statement released by the American Academy of Pediatrics following the media uproar after Bachmann’s comments, they “recommend that girls receive [the] HPV vaccine around age 11 or 12. That’s because this is the age at which the vaccine produces the best immune response in the body, and because it’s important to protect girls well before the onset of sexual activity.”
That recommendation was echoed by the CDC and American Academy of Family Physicians.
Please note, it was me who italicized the statement’s words “well before” to emphasize that science isn’t encouraging little girls to start being sexually active earlier. Knowing that’s been the objection for some opposed to this vaccine, I wanted to make the demarcation between science and morality even clearer.
Let’s continue with the facts, especially with regard to Bachmann’s baseless assertion about the effects of giving the vaccine, and add what the AAP [American Academy of Pediatrics] had to say:..........[end excerpt]
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I see now; in that case, I would have to say that it would be a good idea to float the possibility around eighth grade then or during the summer before high school.