Gardasil maker pitches the vaccine for boys

[Ophelia]

Too bad this wasn't an April Fool's joke - but we all knew it was coming.
I can't find the same article on a major news site so hopefully it will let you see the article w/o an account:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12041385?nclick_check=1

-I believe every study mentioned was pharma sponsored
-not a thing about actual safety except a tiny paragraph at the end
-the article did seem to have an air of "is it really necessary for boys" to it

and in other news... Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine (but we already knew about this one too):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/...AN_TMJ27RZ24cA

The six new strains include one that is becoming more prevalent around the world and often is antibiotic-resistant.

Gee, I wonder why that is...? :

[lauradbg]

It will be interesting to see how they market the "cervical cancer vaccine" to the parents of the cervix-challenged boys of this country.

[runes]

Originally Posted by lauradbg

It will be interesting to see how they market the "cervical cancer vaccine" to the parents of the cervix-challenged boys of this country.

Off the top of my head:

-Social duty and "chivalry" by proxy. By getting their sons vaxed, they'll be "protecting" their future daughters-in-law.

-The oral sex angle.

[laralee16]

Cuz, ya know, when a boy puts his thingy in a girls place he can get the nasty cancer on this thingy, and when he goes and puts his thingy in another girls place, he gives it ot her.

Rolling my eyes over here.

My sons will NOT be getting this.

[Gitti]

Originally Posted by lauradbg

It will be interesting to see how they market the "cervical cancer vaccine" to the parents of the cervix-challenged boys of this country.

Just watch and see, it will be easy.

People live in fear. It is brought to them every single day via TV. Courtesy of a media which is totally owned and orchestrated by the people who make billions and billions with selling fear. Fear sells anything including wars and killing innocent people who pose no threat to anyone.

OK. Carry on...

[moon child]

[Treece]

I know how they will direct this towards boys:

It prevents penile cancer. Oh, wait, circ does that already

<sarcasm, intense>

[k9sarchik]

Oh good, so boys can come down with Juvenile ALS from the vaccine too....along with a potential death sentence.

This vaccine needs to be seriously removed!!

[Gitti]

Originally Posted by k9sarchik

Oh good, so boys can come down with Juvenile ALS from the vaccine too....along with a potential death sentence.

But at least they won't be fainting because only girls do that when they see a needle. It had nothing to do with the ingredients in the vaccine.

[Deborah]

When the boys are hitting the floor...how are they going to explain that away?

[runes]

Originally Posted by Deborah

When the boys are hitting the floor...how are they going to explain that away?

Unfortunately, this is what it's going to take for this scourge of a vaccine to be pulled.

When the healthy, strapping high school quarterbacks start hitting the floor, the public outrage will begin.

[Deborah]

Insane optimism. They'll have to die or something before Merck gives in. At the moment Merck seems to own the FDA.

[WC_hapamama]

Now there's a vaccine that I'll decline for my boys, as well as for my daughter... they can't even play "but your child can get this disease at school" card for that one.

[fascha]

I can't say I'm surprised.

[FernG]

Originally Posted by WC_hapamama

they can't even play "but your child can get this disease at school" card for that one.

Actually, some of the middle schools that I've worked at had a big sex-in-the-bathroom problem.

[monkeymommy3]

Originally Posted by lauradbg

It will be interesting to see how they market the "cervical cancer vaccine" to the parents of the cervix-challenged boys of this country.

Didn't you see private practice.....that poor boy got hpv in his mouth, developed a tumor and then his girlfriend...the one that gave it to him...left him because it was too hard to deal with. His life was ruined. They are already marketing it to boys...disguised as harmless tv drama.

[laohaire]

Originally Posted by kidspiration

When the healthy, strapping high school quarterbacks start hitting the floor, the public outrage will begin.

I wish it were true but...

I'm sure they'll just say the quarterbacks were just taking one for the team. It will probably be seen as macho to get the vaccine or something.

[WC_hapamama]

Originally Posted by FernG

Actually, some of the middle schools that I've worked at had a big sex-in-the-bathroom problem.

Would the schools actually want to admit that students are having sex on campus during school hours though? I know that the middle school my oldest child goes to wouldn't.

[runes]

Originally Posted by laohaire

I wish it were true but...

I'm sure they'll just say the quarterbacks were just taking one for the team. It will probably be seen as macho to get the vaccine or something.

Part of the reason why the very common reaction of post-vaccination syncopal episodes (aka fainting) haven't been taken seriously, imo, is that they are being passed off as girls being "hysterical" because of the pain of this shot.

It won't be until the male high school athletes start hitting the deck that people will finally realize that this vaccine is DAMAGING our teens and young adults.

[FernG]

Originally Posted by kidspiration

Part of the reason why the very common reaction of post-vaccination syncopal episodes (aka fainting) haven't been taken seriously, imo, is that they are being passed off as girls being "hysterical" because of the pain of this shot.

It won't be until the male high school athletes start hitting the deck that people will finally realize that this vaccine is DAMAGING our teens and young adults.

But don't you know that "men are wimps when it comes to pain?" There will always be another excuse.