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Jul. 1st, 2006
Name That Virus
Jul. 1st, 2006 07:55 pmWhats a epidemtic virus that in the United States is primarly passed on from having unprotected sex, and when someone is vaccinated against it, it reduces the person's chance of contracting certian types of cancer?
No, it's not HPV. It's Hepititus B.
The Hepititus B vaccination is a mandatory vaccination for entering the 8th grade in Wisconsin (That's when I got mine), and for several other states at various grades. And while the rate of teenaged unprotected sex in Wisconsin is somewhat high - Chipawa Falls had the highest ratio of teen pregencies in the country a few years ago - having the hepititus B become a mandatory shot did not increase "risky sexual behavior" in teenagers and that's with a disease that you can actually prevent by using a condom.
Not that there are people against the Hepititus B vaccination. The Association fo American Physiscain ans Surgeons are aganist it, but because it prevents risky adult activites, and it appears that they're cautious on the subject of vaccinations in general.
Curiously, I'm thinking that if there was a HIV vaccination, people would be against that too.
Oh, and the next person who says "The protection that vaccinations give is a LIE" gets kicked. Actually, I'll kick them in the knees so they can run away and read to them books on polio and small pox and Johas Salk.
No, it's not HPV. It's Hepititus B.
The Hepititus B vaccination is a mandatory vaccination for entering the 8th grade in Wisconsin (That's when I got mine), and for several other states at various grades. And while the rate of teenaged unprotected sex in Wisconsin is somewhat high - Chipawa Falls had the highest ratio of teen pregencies in the country a few years ago - having the hepititus B become a mandatory shot did not increase "risky sexual behavior" in teenagers and that's with a disease that you can actually prevent by using a condom.
Not that there are people against the Hepititus B vaccination. The Association fo American Physiscain ans Surgeons are aganist it, but because it prevents risky adult activites, and it appears that they're cautious on the subject of vaccinations in general.
Curiously, I'm thinking that if there was a HIV vaccination, people would be against that too.
Oh, and the next person who says "The protection that vaccinations give is a LIE" gets kicked. Actually, I'll kick them in the knees so they can run away and read to them books on polio and small pox and Johas Salk.
