Gardasil

Gardasil is a vaccine that helps make a woman immune to HPV. It protects against four types of the virus, two of which account for 70% of cervical cancer. When I first heard about this vaccine I thought that it was pointless for a girl of my age to get the vaccine because it can only be transmitted by sexual contact and I can get till I am 26. However, two nights ago I went to a bioethics meeting on HPV and I learned some new things that have changed my opinion. Though many religions and parents feel the way that I previously felt, that it would mean that it would be okay for teens to have sex, I now understand that this is not the case. Statistics show that most teenagers mainly will not have sex because they do not want a baby. Fear of STDs were low on the list. Also to address the age issue, though it may seem drastic to recommend the vaccine to 12 year olds, it makes perfect sense. Getting at that age allows enough time for the vaccine to instill nad immunity in the person. So now with this information I am more open to recieving the vaccine and wil most likely ask for it.