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I'm pissed off ...big time

peasant · 2008-11-04 22:36:44

There it was, a medical breakthrough: Vaccination against cervical cancer in women, to erradicate cervical cancer pretty much forever. The vaccination has to be done to teenage girls to have effect later in life. Our governement (even them!) saw the huge benefits of this and offered a free vaccination programme for all…

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#62 08-11-2008 1:30pm
tallaght01

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Darragh29 wrote: »

Since when was cervical cancer an "infectious agent"??? Every word you have posted above refers to infectious diseases as opposed to acquired diseases and is irrelevant to this discussion...

Cervical cancer is caused by a virus. The vaccine is to protect against the virus, so theoretically people shouldn't go on and get the cancer.

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#63 08-11-2008 6:43pm
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lostexpectation wrote: »

any chance this drug being new that its ok to hold off, to see how it goes elsewhere

Assuming it's Gardasil that was to be used, it's been in use for over 2 years. An earlier vaccine against a more limited range of subtypes of HPV has been in use for longer. Waiting 'to see how it goes' isn't practical since the vaccine has to be administered before the onset of sexual activity, but cervical cancer occurs mainly between the ages of 25 and 40.

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