Quick Hit: I knew HPV would come back to haunt me…

So, if you watched the GOP primary debate on Monday, you saw the Perry/Bachman brawl that went down over HPV.  I’ll admit, I watched the recaps the next day and not the actual debate, in fear of having nightmares that night if I were to do so.  However, many of us young woman have already gotten our three HPV shots…and for good reason.

I may have gotten it at 15,16?  Right in the midst of the Anti-Vaccine Movement in California, where people with no factual evidence said to not vaccine your children because it will have negative side effects in the future.  I remember receiving the shot and some of my naieve, biased girlfriends at the time, told me I’d have deformed babies if I were to get the shot.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY HEARD THAT.  I remember being angry with my father who asked/mandated me to get the shot, and told him I’ll have deformed babies and will die of some weird illness because of it.  Where he then assured me he would never put me in harm AND that drugs, treatments, etc. are given and conducted in Europe for at least 10 years before the USA even looks at the new discovery.

Anyways, back to the debate.  Pretty much Bachman is pissed because Perry mandated his citizens to have their female children recieve the HPV shots.  Bachman says thats the government stepping too far into citizen’s personal lives, etc. etc.  HOWEVER, I must say, Perry allowed parents to easily opt-out of this mandate if choose to.

BUT, I must give Perry a few slaps on the back because he has pulled out some quite liberal tactics it appears in Texas.  To have females receive the shot will only help, well, our society as a whole.  Bachman does not have all the information.  She uses the words similar to “poor innocent girls who do not have sex are being forced to have a shot to stop an illness which is only contracted via sex.”  Etc., etc.  I can see Bachman’s view in that maybe this shot will give little girls, girls who never even knew about sex, to maybe prompt them to have sex.  Like how DARE works.  I don’t know the statistics of girls who begin having sex in Texas, but lets face the harsh realities.  Many kids in general have sex beginning at a young age, so why not protect them?

Sorry this was a longer quick-hit, it actually really wasn’t a quick hit at all.  And, I actually would write more on it because it’s important.

Anyways, here is a link to a Kaiser article on the Bachman/Perry HPV debate.                       AND

Bachman’s retaliation against Perry’s HPV tactics, to prove I wasn’t lying… (Only 5 minutes)