Normal people have sex, it’s at least as common as swimming in swimming pools.
I understand the controversy. I don’t have a real dog in the fight, I don’t have a daughter, and I’m married and not likely to need it for myself. I still think it may make sense for the vaccine to exist, it has a market.
Are they saying that ONLY children should have this vaccine? Or would they recommend it for any adult woman who may be at risk? I ask, because the debate seems to revolve entirely around kids and they don’t seem to me to be the whole market.
It’s as if you want to ban the vaccine for everyone because you WANT the threat of disease to help scare your kids into not having sex. Or... you think that once vaccinated, all other caution and restraint will be thrown to the wind? I have only a casual interest in this, so help me out here.
Give me a break!
There is absolutely no comparison between HPV and polio. Except in cases of rape, people CHOOSE who to have sex with. Before the polio vaccine, people were afraid to go to the beach. Children died and had their lives ruined; even if cervical cancer develops, it is generally treatable.
It's recommended for young girls because the vaccine is 95% effective when administered before a woman catches HPV, but once infection occurs the effectiveness drops (since vaccines are preventative measures, not treatments for a disease).