Right, and let's not forget the rape and incest victims that make up a high percentage of HPV sufferers. Ideally, we want to try and eradicate HPV, like smallpox. The only way to do that is with mandatory vaccination. Anything else is ridiculous, particularly because the vaccine is so safe.
But seriously, screw the rich Western countries with their moral debates anyway. If you have HPV in a Western country and it progresses to cervical cancer, you have a) a lot of safeguards before it reaches that point and b) a lot of treatment options. What we need to do is get this vaccine out to second and third world countries where cervical cancer is the number one killer of women.
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Date: 2005-11-01 05:11 pm (UTC)But seriously, screw the rich Western countries with their moral debates anyway. If you have HPV in a Western country and it progresses to cervical cancer, you have a) a lot of safeguards before it reaches that point and b) a lot of treatment options. What we need to do is get this vaccine out to second and third world countries where cervical cancer is the number one killer of women.