I live in Texas. Perry is trying to make it mandatory that sixth grade girls be forced to get a vaccine for HPV (which can be a precursor to cervical cancer). I consider myself pro-vacc, but even I find this one to be totally unnecessary and I plan on refusing and fighting tooth and nail if this becomes an issue when my daughter is that age. This vaccine has just been put on the market, and even though the CDC/FDA is billing it as "safe", it is NOT imperative that a girl have to take it. From what I've read, HPV, even though strains of it are more common than we think, is mostly an STD. This vaccine should be completely voluntary to PRE-TEEN/TEENAGE girls who are on the verge of being sexually active NOT young girls, and not mandatory. You can't GIVE someone HPV by having an unvacc'ed kid in the classroom. And of course it has to be Texas to be the first state to try and do this. Anyone else's thoughts on this?
2007-02-15
05:29:00
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MomofOneSpnkyGrl
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