Apparently you can opt-out of most.
It's also apparent that HPV is highly contagious and can be contracted through ways other than intercourse.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm
22 million Americans? I think there's great cause for concern.
Politicizing this issue seems wrong to me but, Bachmann is mad that Perry knock her out of the top tier. She's desparate at this point.
If you are having sex, or heavy petting, you can contract the disease. I probably have a different concept of what is taking place with our ten year olds these days, but you know I could be wrong.
This is not a generally accepted highly communicable disease, because it cannot be transmitted through the air or from surfaces. You have to engage in certain behaviors to contract it.
Simply saying it’s highly contagious doesn’t make it so.
Thank you for the link. The whole article seems littered with data intended to scare people into taking action to protect themselves. None the less, here are the real go-to factoids.
Out of roughly 160,000,000 women in the U.S., roughly 12,000 come down with cervical cancer each year. Of those 12,000 women, only a percentage of them will come down with a cancer related to what Gardasil corrects.
Anotherwords, 0.00075% of the nation’s women will come down with Cervical cancers related to 100% of HPVs, but Gardasil only protects against some of them. That would reduce even this miniscule percentage even further.
And I quote, “HPV is so common that at least 50% of sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives.” Okay, so this isn’t exactly new is it. We don’t have a new rampant epidemic out there. Despite the fact half of sexually active people have HPV, they are not actually dropping dead in significant numbers, and it’s questionable how many lives would actually be saved, if Gardasil were given to everyone.
Then there’s this.
“Cervical cancer is most treatable when it is diagnosed and treated early. But women who get routine Pap tests and follow up as needed can identify problems before cancer develops. Prevention is always better than treatment.” Another-words, what most women already do, is darn near as effective as getting the Gardasil shot. No, let me correct that. It’s more effective, because it guards against all HPV cancers.
In the interest of accuracy, I wanted to mention that I placed too many zeroes after the decimal place on that percentage. 0.00075% should have read 0.0075%.
Sorry about that transcribing error.