How many of these girls and their parents will think they are safe to have sex because they are vaccinated against HPV - and will then go on to get AIDS or other diseases because they believed that sex is of little consequence?
Haven’t we been through this already with the “safe sex” thing that was supposed to prevent STD’s? In reality, demographics that were fed the “safe sex” message ended up getting MORE STD’s because condoms don’t protect against all STD’s, and in fact don’t even give real good protection from HIV.
Whenever the public believes that the government will make sure nothing bad could ever happen to them, it leads to behaviors that cause more problems. In an economic sense that’s what happened with subprime loans. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were there to make sure that nothing bad could ever happen, no matter what risks the market took. The bailout was the government affirming that it is their job to make sure that nothing bad can ever happen to big banks. It’s all geared toward creating a world where the OUTCOMES are always equal regardless of a person’s choices. IOW, it’s to guarantee that nothing we do makes any difference, since we all get the same outcome no matter what we do. That is an impossible scenario and anybody who is led to believe that can ever be reality is treading dangerous waters.
The better option is for people to know they have to take responsibility for their own health. They need to inform themselves of the risks and benefits of a given course of action and live with the knowledge they have.
Litsten...I am with you morally and philosophically. But the prevalent influences have destroyed all thought of ‘responsibility’, delayed gratification, morality....and entitlement (sex, et al) runs through our entire society.