Monday, February 15, 2010

Gardasil Vaccine – To Give Or Not?

Many parents wonder whether or not they should have their daughter vaccinated with the Gardasil vaccine. Cinergy Health, definitely agrees that the vaccine should be given.  The evidence clearly shows that the quadrivalent HPV vaccine prevents cervical intraepithelial neoplasia caused by 70% of known HPV subtypes as well as preventing genital warts - both of which are highly contagious (even without sexual penetration), cause significant distress, substantial cost, and cannot reliably be permanently eliminated.
The five year clinical trial was plenty of time to confirm the safety of the vaccine.  The side effects of the vaccine, as she goes on to explain, are grossly overstated by the lay media.