[ThisLittleLightofMine]

The biggest challenge for Gardasil comes because of the target market: adolescent girls. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, and some 20 million American men and women have it. To prevent women from getting cervical cancer, women must be inoculated before they become sexually active. But for some parents and religious groups, that might be a touchy question.
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How long will it be before they require this as part of immunization schedule? God forbid they allow anyone to suffer the consequence of premarital relations. I don't wish cancer on anyone but it seems to me or money would be better spent on educating our children, especially our young women on the real dangers of having sexual intercourse outside of marriage.

[Alama]

Speaking like a true obscurantist religious fanatic... Oblivious of reality!

By now I must say I won't cry if your daughter catch this cancer!

[mouse_35]

And what if it is her husband who has contracted the virus and passes it along to her? I know I never explained my kid's vaccinations to them. If this is part of the normal vaccination routine, why would the child know she had been vaccinated for it until she was much older?

[Abathar]

You can raise your children as well as you want, but if your daughter falls in love with a man who isn't a virgin then there is a chance that she can get this disease.

Are you saying as a parent that if your daughter marries a man that has had sex before then your daughter deserves what she gets if she contacts this disease?

[SJackson]

How long will it be before they require this as part of immunization schedule? God forbid they allow anyone to suffer the consequence of premarital relations. I don't wish cancer on anyone but it seems to me or money would be better spent on educating our children, especially our young women on the real dangers of having sexual intercourse outside of marriage.

Simple solution, don't have your daughters vacinated.

Obviously Merck believes there are enough potential customers out there to turn a profit on the drug.

By virtue of what would you shut their efforts down? Why should Merck educate your children?

[nmh]

I can see it now.

"No, my daughter at age 10 isn't haveing sex".

Doctor: "It's mandatory to have this shot."

[nmh]

Pay no attention to the riffraff.

"How long will it be before they require this as part of immunization schedule? God forbid they allow anyone to suffer the consequence of premarital relations. I don't wish cancer on anyone but it seems to me or money would be better spent on educating our children, especially our young women on the real dangers of having sexual intercourse outside of marriage."

Our stance is NO SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE.

Then you won't need ANY of these drugs for STD's and no side effects. Amazing how far just a little common sense will take you. Years ago it was standard advice and we didn't have the epidemic of STD's or HIV cases. Now that we chose to believe, "they'll do it anyway" and shove EXPLICIT sex at every opportunity - guess what? Kids are active at lower and lower ages. The emotional price of being used and tossed aside is also devastating - especially for females. Females are scarred emotionally by being someones "tissue".

Some will never get it! So ignore the ugly riffraff.

[atlaw]

I don't wish cancer on anyone

Oh don't be coy. Sure you do -- those that have premarital sex.

[gondramB]

>>I don't wish cancer on anyone but it seems to me or money would be better spent on educating our children, especially our young women on the real dangers of having sexual intercourse outside of marriage.<<

How's that working?