Girls 9 to 26 years old. What do you think of the new cervical cancer vaccine? Just Curious. would you?

Answer 1

I wish they had it when I was in middle school or high school. that would have like 7or 8 years ago. I don't know if i'm too old to get it now (21) but if I could get it, then I probably would.

Answer 2

I am not 9-26 but if I was in that age range I would definately get the vaccine. My best friend had cervical cancer and her daughter now may get it due to having HPV so I would definately get it. Why would anyone want to risk getting cancer if there is a vaccine to prevent some of it?

Answer 3

Honestly I think it's wonderful. HPV is very common and a nasty thing to get stuck with. If I had the option, I would have gotten the vaccine, as I'm sure a lot of women at risk of cervical cancer or ones that already have it.

Answer 4

I think the CONCEPT is great, but there is still a lot of work to be done to perfect it before I would use it for myself or my daughters. It is nowhere near ready to be mandated, and voluntary use of it will simple create more mutated strains of the virus. Please read on.

This vaccine should not be made mandatory *at this time.* The current vaccine falls short in effectiveness for several reasons:

1.There ore over 200 strains of the HPV virus. The vaccine works against 4 of them.

2.Those 4 strains are associated with 70% of cervical cancer cases. Would you evaluate birth control as effective if it worked only 70% of the time? I think not.
When they can show it effectiveness 95% of the time, I will reconsider using it.

3.HPV is a VIRUS. Viruses mutate very rapidly. Anyone with a basic education in the biological sciences will tell you that the use of this vaccine is more likely to create mutations (perhaps more virulent than their predecessors) than it is to prevent disease.

4.Administering the vaccine only to females does not limit the transmission of it. Males are still carriers, and most males who carry HPV have NO SYMPTOMS, so the potential exists for them to pass on the virus (or some mutation of it) to numerous partners without even knowing it. Mandating a vaccine to only half the population is absurd. When the trials on males are completed and the vaccine comes to market, will the states be pushing as vigorously to mandate it for them? I tend to doubt it, since cervical cancer is a non-issue for the guys. You really have to be able to see the big picture to understand why it is imperative to vaccinate males against HPV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MALE TRANSMISSION OF HPV CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. Any attempt to control the virus that does not include male vaccination will be ineffective.

I also want to point out that the manufacturer of Gardasil, MERCK, is recovering from a huge blitz of negative publicity regarding one of their other products, so this campaign is in their best interests to show the public a more positive image. And they are more than happy to take your money as you buy into their campaign.

Answer 5

Not enough study. Everyday I see class action suits advertised for something they gave women to "protect" them. No, I'd rather run a 20% risk of getting cervical cancer with a 90% recovery rate; should I be part of that 20%. Rather thant a completely unknown % risk guinea pigging for this 'vaccine'

Answer 6

Its great.. I just got it...
I think it is excellent.. I don't think it promotes any bad or immoral behavior and any vaccine you can get, you should get .. especially something like cervical cancer which is so often undiagnosed or diagnosed too late

to the person below me : You can get Hpv without having sex and thats terrible that you would condmen your daughter to having cancer just beucase she made a choice that you believed was morally reprehnsible.. aslo what if she doesnt have sex till marriage but her husband had sex before marriage and gave her HPV (since 80% of people have it its probably likely) .. then throhg no fault of her own shed still have it..
Also you can still get it if you use condoms

Answer 7

I think it's a great idea to get it. HPV is so common these days and can prevent you from getting pregnant later in life if left untreated. I don't see anything wrong with having young girls get it. They don't really even need to know what it's for, if you are worried it'll be a liscense to "sleep around" as the person above stated. It's for thier own safety, and who's to say the girl won't wait for marriage and end up getting it from her husband because he was with someone else before her? Is it really fair for her to have "deal with the consequences" in that case? Do I think all girls should HAVE TO have it? No. But I do think they should get it.

Answer 8

I think it is crazy that the government is going to tell parents which vaccines their kids must get. That is not to say that if the vaccine works I would not want the young women in my family to get it. I would just rather it be the parents choice.

Answer 9

I think its wonderful. I'm not in that age category any more but I had Cervical CA when I was 17, I wish they had something like this back then.

And to the woman that said it was just an excuse to sleep around and that your daughter will have to live with the consequences...WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU?? WE ARE SUPPOSE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN!! We all have made mistakes in our life time, and God knows your not perfect!!! So, why not protect her?

Answer 10

I think its a good idea actually and im glad they did come up with this, alot of woman and girls have to deal with this, and alot of woman and girls every day are diagnosed or have it and thats not a good thing