Janet wrote:
>
> In article >, says...
> >
> > Janet B wrote:
> > >
> > > All medications come with fact sheets that lay out possible side
> > > effects. My grandsons have had the shots.
> >
> > Have you ever read those fact sheets though. They'll scare you away
> > from anything that you have to take. Even new drug commercials spend
> > more time telling you about the side effects rather than the benefits.
> >
> > IMO, this new vaccine should be up to the young teens.
>
> Most 12 yr olds have no concept of their own vulnerability to the
> commonest STD in USA; and you can hardly expect them to grasp it might
> kill them in one of several particularly horrible ways. Kids might
> "know" that people die from smoking, drugs, alcohol; but they are so
> sure it won't happen to them they do that stuff anyway.
>
> They are almost
> > adults and should be given the option whether to take them or not. Of
> > course, *some* teens are NOT sexually active so they don't need the
> > vaccine until they do start having sex.
>
> You miss the point. Young teens might not be having penetrative
> intercourse, but they may be open-mouth kissing and mutually
> masturbating, and HPV can be transmitted by both.
> >
> > It's a fairly new drug and very untested as to long term effects. I
> > never had it and neither did you. My daughter never got it either.
>
> Maybe you both have HPV.
>
> http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm
>
> "HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). HPV is
> so common that nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some
> point in their lives."
>
> Janet.

Do you have it, Janet? Have you been vaccinated?