HPV vaccine

collegialmom
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:49:53 +0000

You also have to consider the very real risk of Hepatitis B, which can be spread though many different ways, including close household contacts. And can lead to liver cancer. I hope that your child will do his or her own review of the vaccination literature at some point, espercially if he or she intends to ever have close contact with people, either at work or at college. S/he is relying on others to be vaccinated in his or her peer group due to state regs, but most adults do not have the vaccine, and s/he will be vulnerable.

Hep B is NOT a pretty sight. Can lead to chronic liver disease, cancer, needs for liver transplant, etc. At the very least, it requires some very strong medications to control it, which I’m sure have much greater potential for problems than the vaccine. I also think that there presently is no mercury in Hep B vaccine, so maybe now you would feel safer.