2007-01-07 11:43:44 · 3 answers · asked by Faerieeeiren 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Vaccines do not prevent contraction of a disease. This is what bothers me about the vaccine bit. It may lead to people being less cautious. Use a condom unless you intend to reproduce. It
will help decrease the chances of contracting many things. A vaccine only warns your body in advance of diseases so that you do not get a full blown case of the infecting organism. I have had chicken pox in many forms many times since my first infection as a baby but the subsequent ones were very mild. So even if they can create a vaccine against HIV it will not prevent it or anything else. I have been trained and educated in medical labs I just did not like it so I did not work in it as I contracted mono from a postive test and realized next time it may be something worse or deadly.
2007-01-08 15:10:29 · update #1
The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) has not yet been FDA-approved for use in men. Merck is still in the final stages of clinical trials to test is effectiveness in men. So far, the results look promising. So sit tight and wait. Soon, the guys can take a shot in the arm, too.
2007-01-08 13:39:14 · answer #1 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question. My doc was really pissed off himself when we were discussing it...men ARE the carriers of these organisms, yet men are not vaccinated, due to the male chauvinism of the medical community. What a crock of you know what! Our girls and women have to go to expense and repeated injections, surgeries, and reinfection, and the exposure to cancer risk, because men are too damn lazy and stupid to take an injection.
The answer is male chauvinism.
2007-01-07 19:55:21 · answer #2 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because men don't have a cervix.
2007-01-07 19:51:23 · answer #3 · answered by All_Dawgs_Go_To_Heaven 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋