Would He Get an HPV Vaccination to Protect You? Um, No

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  Posted by Cranberry Lips Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:28pm PDT

  Come on, guys! Who doesn't want to get a shot of a virus cocktail created by the same pharmaceutical company that brought us Vioxx, and who got busted for making up research studies and paying top university scientists to write their name on them?

  It doesn't matter that out of the 100+ strains of HPV, only a few of them can cause cervical cancer, and that's after a few years of being infected. Let's just shoot little boys and girls with this new vaccine and lets ignore all the complications and bad side effects (including death) that are already showing up in them. 4,000 women die from cervical cancer each year.... 9,000 women die from falling each year (CDC statistics from 2005). Maybe we need to invent a vaccine that prevents people from falling... it would save twice as many lives!

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  Posted by Katie B Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:36am PDT

  Hm... I took only the first shot... but I don't think that even I am about to finish them.... There is not enough information out on this vaccine and what the side effects are and what the odds are of suffering the side effects... :/

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  Posted by Spam I Am Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:57am PDT

  Cranberry Di and Katie B are right. WOMEN should be leery of the vaccine, not just guys.

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  Posted by LZ Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:40pm PDT

  I'm a nurse and I totally advocate for vacs. I think they are super important and for the most part very safe. However, I wouldnt have my daughter get the HPV vac for 2 reasons. 1st, I feel that there isnt enough (quality) research on the vac. And 2nd, the benefits are too narrow (in my opinion of course).

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  Posted by Mary Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:46pm PDT

  My daughter is 16 and absolutely does not want this vaccine. I have to agree with her on this one. She has a friend who had only 1 shot, then lost her insurance and could not afford to receive the remaining 2 shots. This girl is 19 and has been diagnosed with cervical cancer and HPV. That alone makes me very suspicious of this vaccine.

  From the guys side of not getting the vaccine:

  If more men were aware that HPV has been shown to increase throat cancer in men via performing oral sex with an infected partner. Then maybe they would reconsider a vaccination.

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  Posted by Doktor Eevol Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:50pm PDT

  The guys who refuse to take this vaccine are the kind of guys I'm always ranting about.

  They expect the WOMAN to take care of anything related to reproduction. There's a male birth control pill that can be manufactured NOW if enough MEN would be willing to stand up and create a demand for it. But has that happened? No. Vasectomies are reversible and cheaper than 18+ years of child support, but do you see MEN getting in line to go get one to take control of their reproductive lives? No.

  Now we find that scientists are trying to determine if there will be a demand for a male HPV vaccine, and what do they find? Yeah, you guess it. They want nothing to do with that either.

  So yeah. If you want women to stop complaining, stop providing us with the ammunition.

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  Posted by Audrey Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:08pm PDT

  If the shoe was on the other foot I bet women would not do it either. I think most people are selfish about their health and we should be.

  mcl_123 you wrote" This girl is 19 and has been diagnosed with cervical cancer and HPV. That alone makes me very suspicious of this vaccine." She may have had the virus already. It can be in your system for awhile. I do not know why she would lose her health insurance, but are you inplying that is was because she had one of the shots. That doesnt sound like the reason she would lose her insurance.

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  Posted by Debbie Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:03am PDT

  I'm always skeptical of these things...

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  Posted by Rebekah Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:53pm PDT

  That's not surprising; vasectomies are less common than hysterectomies or tubal ligations, despite the fact that they're far safer, easier, and less painful. Men rarely use the male form of birth control, despite the fact that it could be readily available if they would. Heck, many men wiggle out of using a condom as often as they can, not caring if they impregnate their partners or pass on STD's. In fact, in some circles its considered a status boost if a man gets his partner pregnant, even if she doesn't want to get pregnant. Its traditional for men to be leery of nearly every medical procedure related to reproduction--perhaps because many base their sense of self-worth on their virility. Whatever the case, it leads many (but certainly not all) to being very selfish partners.

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  Posted by Doktor Eevol Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:36pm PDT

  boundwaterfall <3

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