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3/21/2007
HPV and 6th grade girls
“Although the public has only recently become aware of the human papilloma virus (HPV), the evidence about the seriousness of the virus is dramatic. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease and may affect as many as half of all adults. Some types of HPV cause cervical cancer and genital warts, and it may be linked to other cancers.
“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under the Bush administration, has approved a vaccine for the virus, the Merck & Co.-developed Gardasil, for girls as young as 9 years old.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also under President Bush, recommended that the vaccine be given to girls who are 11 and 12 years old.
“Bills have been introduced in state legislatures around the country to mandate that young girls get the vaccine before they become sexually active and are exposed to the virus.
“In Wisconsin, a bill is being drafted by state Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) and state Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie) to require girls to be vaccinated before entering the sixth grade. The legislation also includes an opt-out clause for parents who do not want their daughter to be vaccinated."
(Excerpted from an article published in the March 8, 2007 issue of Shepherd-Express.com)
Thoughts from guest commentator and FoxPolitics News reader Dick Kendall:
We're spending time and money promoting an idea to mandate a vaccine for young girls to prevent them from getting a sexually transmitted disease. I have a rather obvious suggestion. Let's inform parents about how to sensitively but aggressively promote proper moral behaviors, namely abstinence. Then, let's take the money we save on the vaccine for young girls and redirect the dollars toward saving the lives of those who can't speak for themselves, i.e. the unborn.
It seems to me we spend an incredible amount of dollars on removing smoking from restaurants and bars (where people have a choice they can make for themselves to discontinue tobacco use) and on vaccinating against the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases (from amongst the hundred or more out there) as opposed to teaching the inappropriateness of sex before marriage, and yet we spend little money to convince people of the value of saving the life of the unborn who cannot speak for themselves. I think we've lost the moral compass on yet another issue. I think I see which way we're going; I don't like it.
This proposed HPV legislation is no good. As it comes up in our Wisconsin state legislature for discussion or debate, approach the problem from a different angle. Don't legislate a vaccine for young girls. Give our 11 and 12 year-olds a prescription of values that protect them, not a shot of protection that allows and encourages in appropriate behavior.
COMMENTS
Bravo to Dick Kendall. Note---the bill was tied to the schools (before girls enter the 6th grade). We are making the NEA proud. Take this discussion into the homes.
Dale Jepson (Wed Mar 21 07:53:19 2007)
It is interesting that you post about 11 and 12 year olds but your picture is of a 5 year old. 12 year olds can surprise the heck out of you with what they know and what they and their opposite sex friends are talking about. A 5 year old not so much. Even well meaning, involved parents can not head off all interaction between kids. The huge statistic in all this is that 80% of girls are infected with the virus. Unless you have the complete sexual history of everyone and they are honest about it, it seems that you have a very good chance of being infected.
Vic, I don't know if she's a 5 year-old, but yes, for effect, I chose the picture of a young girl. And yes, I take your point about 12 year-olds. JE
Vic (Wed Mar 21 21:00:10 2007)
I appreciate the efforts to try to protect women from cervical cancer. I do not appreciate however, the government telling me that I must vaccinate my child against it. To me, it is telling me that either they do not trust the values I have taught my daughter, or they do not believe she will live up to them. That is for me to determine, and I'll ask for help if I need it. It is my decision as a parent. I have learned in my microbiology class that microbes, viruses, and bacteria have strong survival skills. They can mutate and adapt fairly easily. Take the annual flu shot for example. When you introduce the virus, and your body starts producing antibodies, the virus will mutate and can become resistant. This is part of the reason a different flu shot must be created every year. I just read an article today talking about the fact that millions of this year's flu vaccine will be destroyed on June 30! Apparently this is because the FDA wants a new vaccine every year to deal with the top 3 viral threats. I would think that some protection is better than none, and to waste the millions of dollars invested is ridiculous. Why not keep them, or distribute them to poorer nations? Maybe it's because of these everchanging flu shots that the virus keeps mutating, and becomes harder and harder to treat!?! It is good that medical science is making progress, but it should not be mandated. We should all have the choice about what is injected into our bodies, and those of our children.
Thanks Lori, JE
lori hassell (Thu Mar 22 00:09:45 2007)
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