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New Vaccine to Prevent Cervical Cancer:
Should it be a mandatory vaccination?
Recently the Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine called Gardasil. This is the first vaccine developed to protect against cervical cancer cause by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The manufacturers, Merck & Co, along with state legislatures are lobbying for this new vaccine to be mandated for girls aged ten through twelve. There have been many recommendations for females aging nine to twenty-six years of age be vaccinated, but one must remember that a recommendation is not equivalent to calling for a mandatory vaccination. The rush for the mandatory inoculation should not be enacted.
The following information will reflect both sides of the argument concerning the mandating of the Gardasil vaccination. The main point in support of the mandating Gardasil is that it may prevent cervical cancer. No other relevant argument as to why the shot should be required has been made. The negative sides of making the Gardasil vaccination mandatory are hidden, but they are in almost every article which provides accurate information about the vaccine. The contradictions of mandating Gardasil include: ethical issues, controversy among religious and cultural conservatives, severe adverse reactions (including deaths), high cost, and unknown long term effects.
For now, everyone is caught up with the fact there is a vaccine which may prevent cancer. This is a great “leap” for cancer prevention. However, are people getting the true facts and hidden details about Gardasil or are they disguised behind all of the hype?
Gardasil is the first vaccine developed that protects against the diseases caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18, which include: genital warts, abnormal and precancerous cervical lesions, abnormal and precancerous vaginal lesions, and cervical cancer. The vaccine will not...
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