HPV?? Or an Awesome Marketing Ploy?
February 25th 2007 01:45
I know all of you have heard all the rucus about the HPV vaccine. Now I have to say their arguement that it will make teen girls more sexually active at an earlier age sounds like bunk to me....HOWEVER...my issue is as follows:
Last year, if you remember there were commericials every night during primetime television about the HPV virus. This was the first I'd ever heard of it and I'd guess it was the first many ever heard of it. Anyway, surely you remember these commectials with the women on the street looking so surprised saying things like, "A cancer caused by a virus? Who knew?" After about six months of these, I was really sick of seeing them. I paused my DVR one day in the middle of the commercial to read the little tiny print on the bottom and I don't remember exactly what it said, but I do remember it had the drug company name, Merck on it. I told my husband then, "watch a drug has to follow this."
I was not surprised or impressed when a year later, the big flashy commercials advertising the one and only vaccine for women that could prevent cervical cancer. (Littel girls jump roping and singing about being "one less" really pulls at the heart strings). And now, states are looking at making it mandatory even though it hasn't been out very long and from what I read has only been tested for six years. Since it is being given to young teens through 26 year olds...how do they know that it will prevent anything...or worse...not cause something else?
I am pro-vaccine, but this one seems like more of a marketing ploy...and a great one at that! Think of it...one year to scare all the young women and their parents and voila...the vaccine for it that everyone wants to mandate for their state.
Any other thoughts on this?
Last year, if you remember there were commericials every night during primetime television about the HPV virus. This was the first I'd ever heard of it and I'd guess it was the first many ever heard of it. Anyway, surely you remember these commectials with the women on the street looking so surprised saying things like, "A cancer caused by a virus? Who knew?" After about six months of these, I was really sick of seeing them. I paused my DVR one day in the middle of the commercial to read the little tiny print on the bottom and I don't remember exactly what it said, but I do remember it had the drug company name, Merck on it. I told my husband then, "watch a drug has to follow this."
I was not surprised or impressed when a year later, the big flashy commercials advertising the one and only vaccine for women that could prevent cervical cancer. (Littel girls jump roping and singing about being "one less" really pulls at the heart strings). And now, states are looking at making it mandatory even though it hasn't been out very long and from what I read has only been tested for six years. Since it is being given to young teens through 26 year olds...how do they know that it will prevent anything...or worse...not cause something else?
I am pro-vaccine, but this one seems like more of a marketing ploy...and a great one at that! Think of it...one year to scare all the young women and their parents and voila...the vaccine for it that everyone wants to mandate for their state.
Any other thoughts on this?
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Comment by Manda
Medicinal Nature
I completely agree with you on everything! It is crazy how things are headed in this direction. We can only hope that it doesn't cause all those girls who got the vaccine problems, like cancer. Excellent post!!!