It’s hard to tell if the HPV trend will ever stop. It’s come along way since the 2007 and the Rick Perry mandate of Texas. It seems like more politicians and parents are now, for the most part, accepting with the idea of an HPV vaccine. It started out as a staple for young girls to take priority in consideration for the vaccine regimen for protection with genital warts and cervical cancer. But recently the CDC recommends us to not neglect the boys as well. There are several good reasons for this.
There are forms of cancer such as anal cancer that could be received by boys as well, which may origin from HPV. But the bigger reason for this interest may be that it is obvious that girls who get the cancer causing HPV strains get it from sexual contact and that probably came from boys. It makes more sense to protect the human race from all angles that it may be available.
This has been called ‘herd protection’ and there is truth to it. The human race needs to be protected at all costs.
Response from the medical professionals have been generally supportive citing that it is all of our best interest to help young people into avoiding these harsh diseases and early prevention is the be thing we can do.
The vaccine is received in 3 sessions, which is typical with viral vaccinations. There is a bit more stigmas in the school and parenting communities since this particular virus is passed almost exclusively through sexual contact. This makes some parents uncomfortable with dealing with the discussion of the vaccination procedure and the questions that can come form their children. Other parents believe that sending there children to get a vaccine preventing this STD of genital warts may send there children the message that sexual promiscuity is allowed since professional adults are willing to go out of there way to vaccinate them to prevent this STD, giving them a green light to act irresponsibly. Of course this is not true, but this could be the child’s perception.
These issues need to be contemplated and mentioned to the children and parents in an honest and open setting so there is not question to the motives. It is a good idea for all children to get as much additional protection as we can afford to give them. But the more valuable thing that can be delivered to the children is the proper education and discipline to make the right decisions when it comes to sharing there bodies with each other and not to anything to risk getting sick. This is the high priority item.
There have been many reporting’s ranting on the HPV trend that protect children from genital warts and cervical or anal cancers and it is something that we want to make sure we know what is going, who will benefit and why we’re pursuing this as a society in the first place.