Gardasil

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I'm trying to fathom any possible, legitimate reason a parent would deny their child access to the anti-HPV (read: anti cervical cancer) vaccine, and I'm left utterly flummoxed. It simply does not compute

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[incessant]

Some people are skipping it because the vaccine is fairly new and therefore they're not convinced that it's totally safe.

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Dammit. I wondered where those extra nipples came from.

I know!

[flyingdogs]

The biggest concern I hear from parents is not that their kids will start having sex with everyone, but that the vaccine was rushed to market, tested on only a small group of women, and that the negative effects of the vaccine may not be seen for a generation.

Having said that, I would have gotten the vaccination myself if it was covered by OHIP... which is isn't. I think I ranted about that in my journal a year or two ago. (If it prevented prostate cancer, how much you wanna bet it'd be covered then?)

Re: I know!

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Yeah, I'm having a bitch of a time paying for it. I've only had one of the shots so far, and I'm about to be due for the next one. And I'm broke as hell. :P

[laradwyer]

In some school boards they start doing the vaccines at a very early age (ie. twelve), and I think the issue is that some parents think that implies their twelve-year-old daughter is sexually active or should be. It's clearly irrational, and what needs to be stressed is that the entire point of doing the vaccine early is to ensure it happens BEFORE sexual activity does.

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Wait, 12 is too young???

Uh oh.

(j/k)

[laradwyer]

I wasn't passing judgment. :P

funny, I thought it annoying

[flyingdogs]

beem cause the assumption that 12 year old would NOT be having sex (vaccinate them before they're exposed)

Not that most 12 year olds are sexin' it up, but some are.