Okay, so I'm a 15 year old girl, which makes me in the age range for the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. Would you recommend getting it? Right now there is no way I am getting the vaccine. Of course, doctors, as well as the annoying-as-crap "One Less" commercials say that the vaccine is great. They say it protects against cervical cncer, and who wouldn't want that? Well, I did my research, and here's why I'm not getting the shot.
1. No long term affects of the drug have been examined. As well as we know, everyone who gets it could die in 10 years. There were no tests done after 5 years, and none after 18 months for younger girls.
2. The drug contains a carginogen, meanig that the drug itself has a possible cancer-causing ingredient.
3. The company who manufactures the drug, Merck, has no idea how log the drug affects will actually last. The effectiveness may go away after several years.
4. Rats who were givent the drug were shown to have reproduction problems.
2007-12-28
09:42:17
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