There aught to be a law but there
won’t be even if creating the law would save lives, stop cancer and curtail all
other kinds of harmful and deadly diseases that is costly to treat and possibly
never recover from. There is a vaccine that can actually prevent Cancer if only
people would take it. There should be a law requiring people to take such a
great preventable vaccine. Our lawmakers never pass laws for prevention. They
pass laws after crimes are committed.
One in four Americans, about 80
million of us are infected with the Human Papovavirus, HPV. It is the most
common sexually transmitted infection. Most people don’t develop symptoms or
problems but around 30,000 HPV associated cancers occur in people every year.
HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer in women, vaginal, throat, tongue,
anal and penial cancers happen. The good news is that there is a preventable
vaccine available for HPV and could prevent the majority of these cancers. It
is recommended for all kids ages 11 or 12 years before they start having sex.
The bad news is that only 63% of
girls and 50% of boys are getting the vaccine. It is the most underutilized immunization
for children. For cancer doctors this is a public health crisis or maybe it is
job security. If we prevent or even cure cancer what will we do with all the
doctors and money we pour into cancer medicine? Who is responsible for making
sure kids get this important vaccine? The problem lies with pediatricians and
other providers who aren’t insisting to parents how important it is to have
this vaccine administered to their children. A forceful suggestion from the
doctor could help the most. The problem is also with the parents who many
choose to skip the vaccine.
Others are concerned about the
safety of the vaccine but dozens of studies have confirmed that the study is
safe. Consider that Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and Rwanda have HPV
vaccination rates nearly double ours. Maybe this is one of the reasons America
pays the most for healthcare and we still aren’t the healthiest of people in a
nation. The CDC, The Center for Disease
Control has been trying to get the message across. THE HOV VACCINE PREVENTS
CANCER!
We need to do better from
preventing our children from cancers that will show up in their future.
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