To the Contrary show- misinformation on why people don't vax

[lacysmommy]

Last night on To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, a PBS show, I watched with interest a segment about the Gardasil vaccine for boys. There was a physician on the show who said because this isn't a communicacable disease, rather a disease, this should never be a mandatory vaccine, especially considering some of the rare complications.

I believe it was the host of the show who asked if there was a connection to autism with this particular vaccine.

Fortunately the doctor said something along the lines of, these are adults getting the vaccine, autism isn't an issue, but Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a rare complication that has come up.

I get so frustrated with the ignorance out there, as if autism and mercury are the only concerns of those who choose to abstain from, delay, or be selective of vaccines.

[MissRubyandKen]

How is it not a communicable disease? It's an STD. And it is most certainly not adults this vaccine is being pushed on, but young girls.

[emma1325]

Originally Posted by MissRubyandKen

How is it not a communicable disease? It's an STD. And it is most certainly not adults this vaccine is being pushed on, but young girls.

I think there are different interpretations of the word communicable. I think of communicable as being easily transmitted from person to person with minimal contact. (not trying to argue, though.)

[MissRubyandKen]

Hmm, ok. I can see that. I took communicable to mean simply transmittable. Didn't know it may mean by casual contact only, therefore sexually transmittable wouldn't be considered communicable. Then again they're claiming you don't have to have sex to transmit HPV on the Gardisil site, so do we really know what type of contact it takes to get this disease? I remember being told by a gyn that upwards of 80% of the population will have had HPV, mostly subclinical. Never looked into it though. Maybe granmom and mom are right to warn of the public toilet seat, eh?

[luminesce]

According to the CDC, HPV is transmitted via genital contact. The virus does not live outside the body for long so you can't get it via toilet seats, etc. I am guessing that the argument probably was, why make a vaccine mandatory for a sexually transmitted disease considering you can easily mitigate the risk.

ETA: Also, not all types of HPV are implicated in cancer. I don't know the figures, but I'm guessing that if 80% of people have HPV only a few have the types that tend to cause cancer... and you usually clear the virus naturally, too.

[MissRubyandKen]

Gotcha. This is one I have yet to research. I will not be getting this vaccine for my daughters, period. A girl in my family had a horrible reaction to it and I have read far to many stories of the same..

[MamatoPeach]

The rumor is we have had three girls in the hospital that are now vegetables from this vaccine. Merck called a nurse to try to question them about the girls. Sneaky little boogers, don't they know about HIPPA.

Of course, if this was three girls with measles or whooping cough, it would be posted all over God's Green Earth. Very sad how reactions are under reported and covered up. Merck does a good job of hiding them.