Politically Correct Vaccine

Did you know:
1. Cervical cancer is caused by the HPV (human papilloma virus) which can
ONLY be transmitted by having sex with a carrier of the virus.

2. For the new vaccine to be effective against cervical cancer the three (3)
shot series should be administered before the girl/woman is sexually active
(thus promoting available at age 9); and if administered to a woman already
infected with HPV, will actually increase the cancer risk.

3. The vaccine will be marketed as Cancer Prevention not STD Prevention.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/060609/x060904.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women for the first time have a vaccine to protect
themselves against cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on
Thursday approved use of the vaccine, Gardasil, for use in girls and women
ages nine to 26. It works by preventing infection by four strains of the
human papillomavirus, or HPV, the most prevalent sexually transmitted
disease.
This cancer kills 3,700 women each year in the United States and hundreds of
thousands more worldwide. Acting FDA Administrator Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach
said the vaccine will have "a dramatic effect" on the health of women around
the world.
Gardasil, manufactured by Merck & Co. Inc., protects against the two types
of HPV responsible for about 70 per cent of cervical cancer cases. The
vaccine also blocks infection by two other strains responsible for 90 per
cent of genital wart cases. It will be available in the United States by the
end of June.
Merck is expected to market Gardasil as a cancer vaccine, rather than an STD
vaccine. It remains unclear how widespread will be the use of the three-shot
series, in part because of its $360 US list price. Conservative opposition
to making the vaccine mandatory for school attendance may also curb its
adoption.
The target age for receiving Gardasil is low because the vaccine works best
when given to girls before they begin having sex and run the risk of HPV
infection. The vaccine does not protect people already infected and may
increase their risk of the kind of lesions that can lead to cervical cancer,
the FDA has said. However, a final FDA analysis does not substantiate such a
risk, said Dr. Jesse Goodman, director of the agency's Center for Biologics
and Evaluation and Research.
The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will decide June 29
whether to endorse routine vaccination with Gardasil. That endorsement is
critical if a vaccine is to become a standard of care.
It then will be up to individual states to decide whether to add the vaccine
to the list of others required before students may attend public schools.
Conservative groups like Focus on the Family support availability of the
vaccine, but oppose making it mandatory, saying the decision to vaccinate
should rest with a child's parents or guardians. The group promotes
abstinence as the best way of warding off infection by HPV and other STDs.
The cost of Gardasil and the difficulty of getting young girls in to see a
doctor three times in six months to receive the vaccine could pose problems,
said Cynthia Dailard, senior public policy analyst at the Guttmacher
Institute, which focuses on sexual and reproductive health.
Ensuring its availability to poor and minority girls and women - and others
less likely to receive regular Pap exams - also will be difficult. Merck
plans to provide Gardasil for free to the poor and uninsured.

Can you just imagine all 9 year old girls having their school immunization
shots being asked if they are sexually active?
DanlK, FYI Services Collectibles
www.FYIS.org





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