There isn't any way that people will stop having sex. While we all know that abstinence can prevent teen or unwanted pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases -- even the emergence of HIV / AIDS did not stop people from having sex.
The HPV vaccine should be available to all girls and women who want to take an extra step in protecting themselves from the risk of HPV symptoms and cervical cancer. Acceptance of the vaccine is important and must not be considered something that is justifying promiscuity -- rather, it is important to remember that nearly all people who are sexually active will get HPV at some point in their lives. If we consider this, making the HPV vaccine a normal preventative measure isn't just common sense, but it is the only responsible action that a country can take in ensuring the health of its citizens.
The HPV vaccine -- Gardasil -- can be given to girls as young as 9 and 10 years of age, however, it is recommended for girls who are between the ages of 11 and 12 as well as women between the ages of 13 and 26. Ideally, one would want to get vaccinated before her first sexual experience, but women who have not yet come into HPV contact who have had sexual intercourse already will also benefit from the vaccine. The New England Journal of Medicine (Haug, 2008) notes that there have been very promising results in clinical trials and the two vaccines created have been for the most important "oncogenic strains (i.e., the HPV-16 and HPV-18 serotypes) (2008). With reports such as this, there is not reason for all women...
On the other side of the issue, no one should have the right to choose what needs to be done on an issue that is so pertinent to the individual (Richardson). There are potentially too many risks involved in getting this vaccine that mandating someone to get it is far too risky (CDC). The vaccine is a relatively new development and making it a requirement to enter school is immoral
Preferably, females should be vaccinated before onset of sexual activity. Sexually active females may also benefit from vaccination since there are very few young women are infected with all four HPV types that are targeted by the vaccine. Females who already have been infected with one or more HPV types would still get protection from the vaccine types they have not yet been exposed to. At the present time
Perhaps the latter sentiment may be regarded as baseless speculation, but as we shall see after this section, there are a number of researchers whose view supports such a sentiment. Nonetheless, here is the report made available by the mainstream media in 2009: CDC and FDA researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that problems such as fainting and nausea remained rare among females who received Gardasil
2008). Indeed better screening is necessary due to the number of false-negatives from women with precancerous lesions among the most frequent reasons of medical malpractice in the United States (Steben, M. et al. 2007). In the case of having a tissue sample to be tested, early stage cervical cancer can be differentiated from healthy cervical tissue by gene expression profile due to comparisons done with healthy and lymph node metastatic
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