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kane · 02-08-2007, 02:17 PM

I just read a story that said in Texas and now Illinois they are going to start requiring all girls age 11-12 to have the HPV Vaccine before they can go to school. From what I understand HPV has been found to a cause of some forms of cervical cancers. It is an STD and can only be spread through sexual contacts. I guess guys can get it, but only causes a rash, the girls are the ones that are the most danger.

So a friend of mine and I were talking about this the other day and he thinks it is wrong that they are forcing the girls to have this vaccine since it's not like the flu or measles that you can catch just by talking to someone. I don't think it's a bad idea, however it is a new vaccine and we don't know the full extent of any long term side effects, so I think it should be more of a voluntary type of thing. The way the articles are written it almost sounds like the drug company Merck is pressuring these schools into using it. That's a pretty scary thought if true.

What do you think?

02-08-2007, 02:17 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	should kids be required to be vaccinated against HPV? I just read a story that said in Texas and now Illinois they are going to start requiring all girls age 11-12 to have the HPV Vaccine before they can go to school. From what I understand HPV has been found to a cause of some forms of cervical cancers. It is an STD and can only be spread through sexual contacts. I guess guys can get it, but only causes a rash, the girls are the ones that are the most danger. So a friend of mine and I were talking about this the other day and he thinks it is wrong that they are forcing the girls to have this vaccine since it's not like the flu or measles that you can catch just by talking to someone. I don't think it's a bad idea, however it is a new vaccine and we don't know the full extent of any long term side effects, so I think it should be more of a voluntary type of thing. The way the articles are written it almost sounds like the drug company Merck is pressuring these schools into using it. That's a pretty scary thought if true. What do you think?