Posted on 02/06/2007 8:45:52 AM PST by Froufrou
In the study, 552 women in the United States, Europe and Brazil between the ages of 16 and 23 were randomized to receive vaccine or placebo at Day 1, Month 2, and Month 6.
enrolled 12,167 women ages 16 to 26 in 13 countries
Official Title: V501 (Gardasil) Phase II Immunogenicity Study in Females Aged 9 to 17 Years
Study start: December 2006
Having sex is NOT the same as stepping on a rusty nail. Thinking you are immune to a virus that causes cancer if you have sex is leaving the door open for women to getting the vacination and then thinking they are ok. If you think differently then you have a problem. The cure for this problem is education of the women getting the vacination, in other words making sure they know it only protects them from 2(not 4, but 2)of the viruses that cause cervical cancer. Also, requiring ANY innoculation to be mandentory in school is uncontitutional and the founding fathers would be horrified. Make it available but do NOT require it. Thanks for your participation in this discusion.
How about: "I've talked to my daughter's physician and she doesn't recommend it for her" - nope, won't fly - not on the list of acceptable reasons to not get it.
Try: "I'm not confortable with the limited testing that was done on this vaccine" - won't work either.
"I'm concerned about the possibility of long term effects from the vaccine" - no good.
In any of these cases you'd be forced to lie and say you objected on religious grounds.
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