Some vaccinations, yes, particularly for the airborne and easily transmitted viruses. But there are those, like rabies, that are limited to people in related high-risk situations.
HPV vaccinations are unnecessary for those who aren't sexually active, and even for those who are, HPV often clears up on its own and only causes cervical cancer in some.
Funny that you and I replied to that almost simultaneously after all that time.
Studies show that 75% of young women are engaging in sex.
People may not be aware that very young Junior High School students are engaging in oral sex because they consider it ‘safe’. I have even read of it happening in Elementary schools. They are in danger of contracting the HPV virus.
Jan 14, 2010 – More than 40 types of HPV can be passed through sexual contact. ... in the mouth or throat of a person who had oral sex with an infected person. .... There is NO CURE for the virus HPV.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/human-papillomavirus.cfm#e
According to new Canadian research, more than 75 percent of sexually active young women have previously engaged in oral sex,
REPEAT; There is NO CURE for the virus HPV.
That’s the problem with discussing the issue in sound bites. All you heard in the debate was “we shouldn’t force kids to get shots, parent’s should get an opt-in, not an opt-out. But the only reason that argument gets any ground here is because of the specific vaccination we are talking about — it’s not a general rule.
But the way vaccine laws are written, they don’t distinguish between vaccines that would be opt-out, and ones that might be an “opt-in”.
In fact, it would make no sense put a vaccination on the “mandatory” list and make it an “opt-in”. Parents can ALWAYS opt-in to a vaccination. They just go find a doctor willing to prescribe the vaccine, and they get it.
The point of putting a vaccine on the list, which the other candidates ignored in order to score the political points, is so the vaccine is covered by insurance, and by the free and reduced-price vaccine programs for poor people.
It’s more of a problem of how government interferes in our health insurance with regulations.