Sunday, September 23, 2007

HPV vaccine effective yet complicated






These videos talk about the HPV vaccine and how effective it is. For me, there is no doubt that young girls should take it but i still believe that the parents should be the ones who decide whether or not to have their daughters vaccinated.Let's face it, sooner or later these girls will become sexually active. It has even been statistically proven that most girls between the age of 14-19 are sexually active. Even though some religious groups might not accept this vaccine, being sexually active is not the only way of getting HPV.There are many other ways of getting the disease such as touching and having more than one partner.You might even get it after your wedding because you don't know if your partner has it or not. Evidence has even shown that some people have it in them at very young age and they don't even know how. Religious groups have also said that this vaccine could act as free pass for sex. Give me a break, surely if you educate the girls about the vaccine, they will understand that there are still risks involve. These girls are not stupid, I know that teenagers of nowadays do many stupid things but will they really go have sex with anyone just because they are protected against HPV. Therefore, in regard to the vaccine, i believe that it should be given to young girls but only if their parents accept. The vaccine should not become mandatory and the canadian government should not have control over it like the government of texas.