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School Refuses 'Cancer Vaccine'

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It should be noted that the Roman Catholic church is not opposed to the use of the HPV vaccine. Its the school governers who are opposed. they claim that they have no moral objections but I wonder...

School refuses 'cancer vaccine'

A Roman Catholic school has banned its pupils from receiving the new cervical cancer vaccine on its premises.

Governors at St Monica's High School in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, believe the school is "not the right place" to administer the injections.

The government-sponsored vaccinations prevent the sexually-transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which prevents 70% of cervical cancers.

Schools Secretary Ed Balls said schools had a "responsibility" on health.

The vaccine is given in three injections over six months and is being offered to all female year-eight pupils.

Experts believe vaccinating against HPV could save hundreds of lives in the UK each year.


We do not believe that school is the right place for the three injections to be administered.
Governors' letter

The programme has already started in some parts of the country, including Oldham, and pupils in Bury are expected to begin vaccinations over the next few weeks.

Advice from the Roman Catholic Church says there is nothing wrong with allowing the cervical cancer vaccinations to be given.

But governors at St Monica's - which has 1,200 pupils - have sent a letter to parents outlining their concerns about the vaccine.

In it, they question the effectiveness of the injections and possible side effects.

The letter says a number of the school's pupils who took part in a pilot study were subsequently off school suffering from nausea, joint pain, headaches and high fevers.

Schools 'responsibility'

It states: "We do not believe that school is the right place for the three injections to be administered.

"Therefore, governors have taken the decision not to allow the school premises to be used for this programme."

The school's head teacher Frank McCarron said he could not comment on the governors' decision.

Although some religious groups are opposed to the vaccine because of fears it may encourage promiscuity, the governors make no moral objection to the programme.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Salford said: "The diocese and Catholic schools board do not have a moral objection, but it is up to individual schools to decide whether to allow the vaccinations to be carried out in school."

Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, Mr Balls said the vaccine would help hundreds of children across the UK.

Mr Balls said: "In general the vast majority of schools will be delivering these vaccinations and they will be doing so to save lives.

"I think schools should be at the centre of their community and I don't think schools walking away from their responsibility for children's health is the way to go."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/u ... 633761.stm

Published: 2008/09/24 13:52:21 GMT
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Voters in my district turned down this vaccine - apparently because they squicked at the thought of giving young girls a vaccine that would prevent STDs.

I cannot begin to describe how much this makes me want to smash heads together.
 
Come on, everyone knows that having sex is much worse than dying of cancer. No, wait...
 
PeniG wrote:
Voters in my district turned down this vaccine
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How does that work? Is it banned completely? Or just from being administered in schools? Who on Earth has votes about medications?

The HPV vaccine, another great Australian invention!
 
Public funding and awareness drive ala flu shots, smallpox, TB, etc., was turned down. You can still get it for your daughter - if you're insured and the insurance company will cover it, or you have the money to cover it on your own.

So, illegals and anchor babies are screwed (but that's okay because illegals should all die and anchor babies should be punished for their parents's sins); the frighteningly large percentage of people with crappy benefits from their crappy jobs can save up for it if sufficiently educated and motivated; the girls most at risk for growing up to be sex workers will undoubtedly not get it; and the costs of health care to the public are again passed down through time so that when, having increased geometrically over the years, they will (with any luck) fall due on the children and grandchildren of voters after their tightwad progenitor has died. The important thing is that girls not be protected from STDs because if they aren't afraid of social diseases they'll be promiscuous and we certainly don't want our tax dollars spent to encourage teen sex!

Penny wise and pound foolish; that's the American public for you.
 
Uh, what's an anchor baby?

There's big controversy over here in Oz about the vaccines. Apparently a lot of women and girls who went out and got them, ended up with some pretty bad side-effects, including problems with their pancreas. People are saying the vaccine might cause more problems than the amount of cancers it will prevent.

I got all three of them, though, and didn't have any issues, other than the pain in my arm for a few days.
 
3 cases of pancreatitis and 1013 adverse reactions reported to the TGA. Not bad out of 3.7 million doses.

The TGA has received 1013 reports of suspected adverse reactions to Gardasil, including soreness, swelling, redness or other reaction at the injection site (20percent), headaches (20percent), dizziness (15percent), nausea (16percent) and vomiting (6.9percent).

It said the overall level of reporting for Gardasil, following the distribution of 3.7million doses in Australia, was very low and consistent with other new vaccines and rates reported from other countries.
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Sydney Morning Herald
 
See boys and girls? That's what happens when your only source of news is second-hand versions of Today Tonight 'investigations' :roll:
 
A new study led by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that rates of high-grade cervical lesions among young women in the US fell dramatically between 2008 and 2012 - a few years after HPV vaccination was introduced in the US.

HPV vaccine
Researchers say the reduction in rates of high-grade cervical lesions among young American women in 2008-12 may be down to a combination of the HPV vaccine and changes in cervical screening guidelines.
While these findings indicate that HPV vaccination has contributed to this reduction, the researchers say it may also be down to changes in cervical screening recommendations that occurred in 2012.

High-grade cervical lesions, or precancerous cervical lesions, are abnormal changes in cervical tissue that may become cancerous. Such lesions do not cause any symptoms, but they can be detected through cervical cancer screening.

Over 50% of high-grade cervical lesions are caused by persistent HPV (human papillomavirus) infection, most commonly HPV types 16 and 18. As such, they can be prevented with HPV vaccination.

The HPV vaccine Gardasil, which protects against HPV types 16 and 18, as well as types 6 and 11 - known to cause genital warts - was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006. In 2009, another HPV vaccine - Cervarix - was approved to protect against HPV types 16 and 18.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), girls aged 11 and 12 are recommended to receive HPV vaccination in three doses, as are girls and women aged 13-26 who have not already been vaccinated.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/295682.php
 
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