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Re: Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake? From: Ginny Lee (kaupilimakoa@hotmail.com) Sun Feb 24 19:09:52 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Stmidwife@aol.com: "Nice Article on MSNBC Today Ina May" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake?" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake?" the military is providing gardasil for all females aged 11-26 on request....hope they will be on board with the boys soon. > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:31:29 -0600> From: evsono@pipeline.com> To: ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net> Subject: Re: Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake?> > Pay out of pocket ... now THERE'S a concept.> > Art> > At Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote:> >> >Ah - but when we vaccinate for other STIs we don't vaccinate just half> >the population: Hepatitis B - (and we do not vaccinate just those we> >think might abuse IV drugs) - and we don't discuss HOW folks get the> >virus when we vaccinate: the FPs and Pediatricians say this ins the> >vaccine that is given at this time in our child's life.> >> >When I have talked with some moms who are protesting based on the sexual> >implications, I often ask if they had their kids get the Hep B vaccine.> >They mostly say yes and look at me weirdly. Then I ask them if they> >know how folks get Hep B and then I talk about risky sex and IV drugs> >and being in jail and that they probably hope that their child does not> >do those risky behaviors. But most likely their child will have sex> >someday. And even if they advise and hope that their child is a virgin> >when he or she picks a life partner - it is certainly less than 100%> >guaranteed and even if their daughter is - who knows about the other> >person. So it just makes sense to be vaccinated. Most ask a few other> >questions then decide to do it.> >> >It would be great to get the cost down ... but for now it is what it> >is. I have patients who plan to have the sons vaccinated. (those> >patients ar ofetn doctor's, doctor's spouses or lawyers) And just pay> >out of pocket.> >> >Joanne> >> >At Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Dean Huffman . wrote:> >>> >>..> >>> >>Vaccinating Boy Get vaccinated with Gardasil, they urge their sisters. Protect> >>yourselves against the human papillomavirus, or H.P.V., which causes cervical> >>cancer.> >>> >>But someone's missing from this grrlpower tableau.> >>> >>Ah, that would be Gardasil Boy.> >>> >--> >Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG> >Solo gyn> >> > --> art fougner, md> "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: Stmidwife@aol.com: "Nice Article on MSNBC Today Ina May" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake?" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Vaccinating Boys for Girls' Sake?"

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