N.H. first state to offer girls free cancer vaccine

[brooklynite]

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire announced plans Wednesday to become the first state to offer the new cervical-cancer vaccine free to all girls. Beginning in January, the vaccine against the human papilloma virus, or HPV, will be provided to girls ages 11 through 18 as part of a state program that offers various immunizations to children at no cost.

The program is paid for by the federal government and insurance companies.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine in June for girls as young as 9. It prevents infection from some strains of HPV, a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. Cervical cancer is the No. 2 cancer killer in women.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15958573/

Damn those godless heathens!

A new vaccine that protects women against cancer-causing strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) is at the center of yet another controversy at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Although it is generally accepted that the vaccine is effective against the most dangerous strains of HPV, which are responsible for about 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer, vaccine opponents claim that making it a regular part of childrens' vaccine protocol would encourage young women to be more sexually active.

[Captain Hilts]

1. That's socialism!!!! Haven't they decided men won't be carriers if they have it too? nt

[Warren DeMontague]

2. It's about time people realize that the religious right agenda has nothing to do with "life"

and everything to do with trying to get people to stop fucking for non-procreative purposes.

[Der Blaue Engel]

3. They don't really want to stop the fucking

They want to penalize people and see them suffer. That is the real reason they oppose abortion.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. I think many of them fantasize that they can put a stop to the fornication.

It's a weird, weird brand of kink they have.

[Der Blaue Engel]

6. I think that's their rationalization

but underneath it's the idea that "sluts" deserve to suffer the "consequences" of sex. There's no real concern about boys or men fornicating.

And to oppose a vaccine like this is purely punitive, against girls as young as nine, who, if they are sexually "active" are either being molested or are in a very, very bad home situation.

And beneath it all slithers the dark underbelly of classism.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Perhaps.

Any way you slice it, they're full of shit.

[LilyLibber]

23. "Purely punitive"

is absolutely spot-on correct. Sad, tragic, and wrong though it may be, you're absolutely right.

The fact that they'd rather potentially see these young girls grow up and get deadly cancer than protect them from its cause simply because its cause is an STD is chilling and sick.

Major kudos to NH. May the rest follow. :thumbsup:

[yellowcanine]

20. Funny. I thought most people fantasized about fornication without stopping. Speaking from personal

experience, of course. I always did know there was something strange about me. Damn! Does this mean I have to cut IT off? Well, since it doesn't actually OFFEND me, I guess not. What a relief.

[gkhouston]

31. Well, they keep trying to insist that passage in the Bible says

"pray without ceasing" and not "play without ceasing" but some people have persisent visual deficits. Can't imagine why...

[Vidar]

5. Good for New Hampshire.

[diamidue]

8. I don't get it.

The article below seems to imply that young girls are not particularly at risk for cervical cancer.

.."Cervical cancer tends to occur in midlife. Half of women diagnosed with this cancer are between the ages of 35 and 55. It rarely occurs in women younger than 20".

Why would they give this vaccine - and vaccines are risky - to 9 year olds?

Seems the biggest winner here is the pharmaceutical industry.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_statistics_for_cervical_cancer_8.asp?sitearea=

[Soylent Brice]

10. The Pharm companies

that created the vaccine are the ones that strongly urged and lobbied for the FDA to approve that age. They said it was important to do so at that age due to the virus for some reason. Something about how early it can actually show up. The FDA approved it knowing that each state would just make up it's own rules anyways. The FDA originally didn't want it to be administered to any females under the age of 16.

[Lars39]

11. Because the vaccine is best given before sexual activity occurs.

[mom cat]

21. Then they need to give it earlier than 9 years old to protect very

young girls from contracting the diseasr from incest and or sesual assault. I worked with one sexual assault victim who was only eighteen months old.

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Because if and when they have sex, they can get HPV

which causes a whole lot of those Cervical cancer cases....

[Tunkamerica]

13. the vaccine protects you from HPV

HPV can cause cancer (not just cervical but penile and anal in rare cases). HPV can stick with you for life and is a sexually transmitted disease. Immunizing girls before they are sexually active is the best bet for not picking it up since so many of us have the disease. Any doctors who have done the research and are in the field are recommending this. The only drawback is the 600 dollar price tag.

[roseBudd]

14. Get HPV when you are 15, die from it in decades later...

[Soylent Brice]

9. Kudos to NH

Now let's see if we can't take the other 49 to see the wizard aboout a heart, brain and the courage to do the same.

[raccoon]

18. Hell will freeze and ice over before some of the red states do it. nt

[zanne]

33. Welcome to DU, Soilent Brice! nt

[Vinca]

15. As a resident of NH, I'm stunned at the progress we're making.

It can only get better, too, now that the Dems control state government. Next up: oust Gregg and Sununu.

[zanne]

34. I'm especially anxious to see Pigboy go.

(Sununu)

[mikeargo]

35. I'm proud of my state today

And I agree - Sununu must go!

[zanne]

37. Another New Hampshirite!

(There's gotta be a better word for people who live in NH). Welcome to DU!

[Vinca]

38. Granitehead? LOL. It feels like we've been banging our heads

on a rock for years. I can't stand Sununu or Gregg (Pig Boy and Ichabod Crane). Gregg has especially annoyed me since he's been in charge of the budget. He allows bridges to nowhere to breeze through, then carps if Democrats want to spend a few bucks on farmers. The times they are achangin'.:toast:

[NotGivingUp]

16. this is just a HUGE handout to merck and a potentially

dangerous vaccine. it's total bullshit.

[yellowcanine]

19. "potentially dangerous vaccine." How so? Got a link for that claim? Everything I have

read on it suggests this vaccine is a real breakthrough on controlling cervical cancer. All vaccines carry some inherent risk. Smallpox vaccine is one of the worst ones, yet it used to be required for all school age children in the U.S. The question is, are the risks of giving the vaccines outweighed by the risks of getting the disease?

[LisaL]

32. It's not all that simple. It only protects against some strains.

It's really not clear what the long term result is going to be?
Will the strains that are not common now simply become more prevalent as a result of vaccinations?

[nodehopper]

28. link to substantiate "potentially dangerous" plz

[depakid]

40. Whenever I think that progressives are inherently more intelligent

than Republicans, all I need to do is read things like this.

Thanks for helping me to keep some perspective.

[TaleWgnDg]

17. Eeewwwwwwwww . . . God will strike New Hampshire . . . and

its harlots from the Earth!! The wrath of God shall prevail.

Eeewwwwwww !!
.

[Tesha]

22. Gay marriage in Mass, young girls protected from HPV in NH...

Gay marriage in Mass, young girls protected from HPV *FOR
FREE* in NH, Civil Unions in Vermont...

Jeebus, what the hell is happening to New England? John
Calvin must be doing 180 RPM in his grave!

And I'm glad of it. Now if we could only declare independence
from Jesusland.

Tesha

[TaleWgnDg]

36. hear, hear !! . . . n/t

[onecent]

24. I'd be leary of free vaccinations paid by the federal government. Dear Lord. n/t

Are people totally insane???

[nodehopper]

26. I think it's the state gov't

also, fortunately for you, it's OPTIONAL. I know I'd want MY daughter to be vaccinated.

[The2ndWheel]

27. How can something be free, yet paid by someone/something?

Always thought that was odd.

[NickB79]

29. Why?

Are there mind-controlling nanobots in them that will turn us all into mindless Bush-loving zombies?

It's a vaccine that has been tested and found effective. It prevents a very dangerous form of cancer that kills thousands per year. What's the hold-up?

[Marrah_G]

25. Can we just do it already?

New England (or all of the north east)declaring Independance that is? Same King George, different century...........

[applegrove]

30. Go NH, go NH, go NH !!!

[OKthatsIT]

39. I don't trust PHARMA.

I don't trust them....when they show US they've given their own children this vaccine FIRST, then I'll consider it.

Our family has autoimmune problems which may have been aggravated by 'public school mandatory' vaccines. We later found out that it was against the law to force us to take them. My daughter can decide for herself if she is sexually active enough to warrant this. Our family has open discussion on such matters, so 'fearing promiscuity' isn't an issue.

Why didn't they create a vaccine for boys? Male studies are easier to control, since they dont have the extras of their endocrine systems.

I, also, don't trust the globalists agenda to control population. Be leary of such things, is my advice.