Re: Gardasil was Universal Healthcare

As to boys/men getting the vaccine, this is from the CDC's website
(http://www.cdc.gov/std/Hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm)
:
We do not yet know if the vaccine is effective in boys or men. It is possible
that vaccinating males will have health benefits for them by preventing
genital warts and rare cancers, such as penile and anal cancer. It is also
possible that vaccinating boys/men will have indirect health benefits for
girls/women. Studies are now being done to find out if the vaccine works to
prevent HPV infection and disease in males. When more information is
available, this vaccine may be licensed and recommended for boys/men as well.

As to girls/young women getting it - It may be my ignorance speaking, but I
suspect the young women are are least likely to receive the vaccine, unless
mandated, are also those who are least likely to have regular exams & pap
smears to screen for cervical cancer due to their socio-economic conditions
AND the availabiilty of health care access in this country. Cervical cancer
is slow in formation and IF every woman with a cervix got annual pap smears,
and all pathologists read the paps accurately (another issue that connects
with the health care delivery system in this country) the cancers could be
treated in a timely manner, most likely at the stage of precancerous finding.
Those are big ifs though. But I'm also not comfortable with mandating a
vaccine that is so new.

Then we get into the issue of exporting the vaccine to developing countries
with limited health care access, but that's another whole can of worms!

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On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:46:10 -0400, Kelly C. wrote
(in message <du6dncuylpwlS2HanZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>):

My concern is not even the cost of the thing, but the unknowns, and the
reported side effects.

My child already takes two handfuls of meds every day for epilepsy, and I'm
not in the frame of mind required to have her be a test subject.

Kelly C.

"Califchief" <califchief@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Judy Bay wrote:

And why has excessive profit-taking not been mentioned? Missouri
was considering requiring all girls to get the cervical cancer
shot - at $400 per shot! Why $400?

Because that's what it cost the drug manufacturer.



And Kelly Cobb replied to Judy:

I heard something about wanting a requirement for that shot here,
and I guess I would have been in trouble, as I would not get it
for Rachel. It hasn't been in use long enough for me to feel
it's safe.


Only last week the same shot was being proposed for boys. <g>



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