My daughter got “doored” on her bicycle a few years ago and got cut up by glass in the street. She was (thank the Lord!) OK, but she had to get a bunch of stitches.
I called her pediatrician and found out she hadn’t gotten the most recent tetnus booster, why? I don’t know.
Anyway, I made the ER doc give her a tetnus shot. He said, she probably doesn’t really need it, I’m not big on giving a lot of shots. He was fine, I’m not complaining about him. But I said, I want her to have it. So, he gave it to her.
OTOH, I know a woman whose daughter had a LOT of problems from, I think, the measles vaccine. It was sort of like the poor kid had mini-measles all the time.
I think you have to weigh all aspects. How bad is the disease? How contagious is the disease? What are the side effects of the vaccine?
You’ve really got to watch out for the Guillian-Barre syndrome as a side effect. I THINK that may be a potential side effect of Gardisil, it is part of the disclaimer for some new med that is being advertised on TV. You don’t want to get THAT, or even run any risk of it. I’d rather take my chances with pretty much anything else.