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Re: A Vaccine to Save =?iso-8859-1?b?V29tZW6Scw==?= Lives From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@gmail.com) Tue Feb 6 20:43:15 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: A Vaccine to Save Women?s Lives" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: A vaccine to save lives --> Let's take stock" In reply to: Jamie: "Re: A Vaccine to Save =?iso-8859-1?b?V29tZW6Scw==?= Lives" Next in thread: Meenan, Anna: "Re: A Vaccine to Save Women’s Lives" Reply: Meenan, Anna: "Re: A Vaccine to Save Women’s Lives" A "behavior choice" does not really offer protection. I have taken care of HPV disease in women who (as far as I can ascertain) were in 100% mutually monogamous relationships - begun after age 18 - widowed - no new sexual partner - but HPV disease showed up late in life. It was dormant there for those many years. The testing done during development of the vaccine showed that 8 out of 10 adults at age 50 had had an infection in the past for at least one of the sexually transmissable high risk strains. So even if you CAN GUARANTEE (at age 9-12) that the young lady will ONLY have ONE sexual partner her ENTIRE life - and that partner will have NEVER had another partner AND it will all start after the age of 18, then you can argue you can get away without the vaccine. However, statistics are that that scenario is very improbable. Not impossible, but just improbable. Even amongst those that preach and preach about morality of things - there are sure a lot of those folks getting out in the public eye for less than stellar sexual activities. The REALITY of life in 2007 is that most folks will have a few sexual partners before "settling" down into a mutually exclusive relationship. Obviously I have strong feelings on this one! Joanne At Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Jamie wrote: > >A lot of parents, myself included (though I'm not in Texas) object to >their daughters being forced to take a new vaccine when a behavior >choice affords the same protection. > >At Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Dean Huffman . wrote: >> >>.. -- Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG Solo gyn Keene, NH USA Next message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: A Vaccine to Save Women?s Lives" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: A vaccine to save lives --> Let's take stock" In reply to: Jamie: "Re: A Vaccine to Save =?iso-8859-1?b?V29tZW6Scw==?= Lives" Next in thread: Meenan, Anna: "Re: A Vaccine to Save Women’s Lives" Reply: Meenan, Anna: "Re: A Vaccine to Save Women’s Lives"

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