Should Your Daughter Receive the HPV Vaccine?

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Need for HPV Vaccination Likely to Be Eclipsed by Other Developments

Sigrid Fry-Revere

Founder, Center for Ethical Solutions

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On average, HPV infections take 20 years to develop into cancers. With the rate of current medical progress, it is quite probable that a vaccine to cure cervical cancer will be ready for clinical trials in five to ten years. Hence, it is reasonable to hesitate in the face of rapidly advancing medical developments and not vaccinate now for an illness that in all likelihood won’t manifest for another 20 years.

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C. R. Schlegel, in private conversation with me after his presentation “Straight Talk” on the HPV vaccine at a Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center of Georgetown University, April 21, 2007. (Dr. Schlegel is one of the scientists who discovered how to “disarm” the HPV virus making the development of a vaccine possible. He is currently working on a post-infection curative vaccine. (“Vaccine” is technically not the proper term to use for curative treatments even if injected because by definition a “vaccine” prevents an infection and does not cure it. However, this is a misuse that has worked its way into our common parlance, and it is more likely to be understood than the more accurate “post-infection curative injection.”))

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"No" Sigrid Fry-Revere

• HPV Is Not as Big a Threat as Some People Think
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• Deaths from HPV-Related Cancers Are Highly Preventable
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• The HPV Vaccine Is Not as Effective as Most People Think
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• The Vaccine Could Create a False Sense of Security
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• Need for HPV Vaccination Likely to Be Eclipsed by Other Developments
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• HPV Vaccination Does Little to Promote the Common Good
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• The Principle of Unintended Consequences
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"Yes" ACSH

• All Pre-Teen and Young Teen Girls Should be Vaccinated Against HPV
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• Most Women Infected with HPV are Unaware of the Infection
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• Reducing the Pool of Infected Women Would Lower Rates of Transmission
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"Yes" Partnership for Prevention

• This Vaccine Will Save Lives
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• The Vaccine is Safe
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• Don't Withhold Vaccines to Influence Behavior
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Most Objections

• All Pre-Teen and Young Teen Girls Should be Vaccinated Against HPV
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• Most Women Infected with HPV are Unaware of the Infection
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• Reducing the Pool of Infected Women Would Lower Rates of Transmission
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