1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot

By MIKE STOBBE , AP Medical Writer, Medicine & Health / Diseases

(AP) -- About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday.

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Posted by sheber 10/09/08 19:09

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Now in the next decade or so we will find out exactly how this will affect 25% of childbearing females since they were given this vaccine after only one year of testing just as they were entering puberty. We just can't leave anything alone, can we?

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Posted by EmeraldSky33 10/11/08 02:17

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I'm planning to remain abstinent until marriage, which means I'll be waiting to get the shot until we know what harmful effects it might have. It's idiotic that some schools are *requiring* Gardasil for 11- and 12-year-olds! "I wanna be one less" lemming who gets the shot way before she should be thinking about being sexually active.

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Posted by VPXL 10/11/08 15:57

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Health officials recommendation is not a requirement. It's totally up to the teen's parents to decide whether their kids are gonna get the shots or not.
http://www.fdadrugstore.org - my favorite web site

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Posted by WD4DUG 10/14/08 22:26

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Guardasil isn't a cancer vaccine. It is a vaccine for four sexually transmitted variants of the over sixty variants of human papilloma virus, and is not 100% effective.

It is also a BIG money maker for its producer.

However, there is a 100% effective method of preventing sexually transmitted disease. And it's quite simple- don't screw around! I only wish my ex-wife had not brought HPV home to me.

So perhaps we should require all females to receive Guardasil, if for no other reason than to protect men.