[George from New England]

This issue has been around for 3 years now I presume...

Where are the stats on the reduction in cancer? Where?

If there was some the drug companies would throw the stats in our faces.

Silence, no stats to support after 3 years it seems.

[Brookhaven]

We can argue the merits of the Gardisil vaccination ( I happen to think there are good arguments on both sides), and both of us can remain on reasonable ground.

But when people start going out there and saying we should start eliminating ALL mandatory vaccinations and start portraying all mandatory vaccinations (from polio to rubella) as akin to an act of the Devil, then I think they've drifted over into nutter territory.

I really don't think a lot of the anti-Gardisil people have thought their position through to its logical end. If you have a problem with this specific vaccination (Gardasil), fine. I can understand that. But do you really want to go down the road of saying ALL mandatory vaccinations are evil?

[Jim Noble]

Silence, no stats to support after 3 years it seems

Average age at onset of cervical cancer is 45. If vaccinating teenaged girls prevents cervical cancer, the effect will not be detectable for 30-40 years.

[DRey]

Silence, no stats to support after 3 years it seems.

I believe we have a winner for the dumbest post ever on FR!

Do you really expect 14-year-olds to have cervical cancer? Of course you don't. Those 11-year-old girls lucky enough to have been vaccinated will be part of the pool in 15-20 years that lower the incidence of cervical cancer. Three years. Good grief. If this level of short-sightedness (I'll be nice) is what good people like Rick Perry are up against, it's really no wonder this country is in the shape its in.