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It’s My Body, Isn’t It?
By Sharon Moran
Many of the opposing headlines regarding the newly approved cervical cancer vaccine emphasize the fact that parental control will be taken away if the recently approved Gardasil vaccine becomes mandatory. It seems pretty clear at this point that the vaccine will be mandatory in many states given the huge conflicts of interest that exist between lawmakers and the pharmaceutical companies. Texas Governor Rick Perry is a clear example of this conflict of interest. Anything that promotes the pharmaceutical industry and can generate billions in income is considered a good thing. It’s a sad reality that profit is given greater importance than the health of Americans. What I haven’t seen discussed so far in any recent news articles are the rights of the preteen female getting the vaccination.
Opponents of the Gardasil vaccine claim that mandatory vaccination for an STD will encourage sexual activity in adolescents. While I ultimately don’t support forcing medical treatment on any human regardless of age, I also don’t support routine HPV vaccination, and it has little to do with the fears many conservatives have.
Admittedly, I’m anti-vax. I’m simply not inclined to believe the government regarding the Gardasil vaccine given their track record. They’ve introduced new vaccines just when certain diseases such as smallpox were all but eradicated. Then, they take credit for it and convince millions of Americans of the dire need for vaccinations. Outbreaks have occurred in 100% vaccinated populations as well, which clearly undermines the propaganda the government has been feeding Americans for decades. Also, the medical community over diagnosed polio in the years prior to introducing the polio vaccine by not using virology as a basis for confirming the presence of polio. Any child presenting with certain flu-like symptoms was hastily given a polio diagnosis. Manipulating diagnostic criteria and protocol for reporting resulted in more documented polio which provided the illusion of a sharper decline in polio following mass vaccinations.
Liberals criticize conservatives for being naïve. They claim that teens will have sex regardless of the abstinence-only messages their parents try to instill upon them. If we “allow” our children the freedom of deciding at what age to become sexually active, aren’t they as equally capable of making a decision regarding when, and if, they get vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease?
If a female doesn’t become sexually active until she is eighteen, there is little practicality in receiving an unnecessary vaccination six or seven years prior to that time. Why should an individual be forced to expose her growing body to an unneeded vaccine for six unnecessary years?
If a fourteen-year-old teen can walk into any abortion clinic without her parent’s consent, shouldn’t she also be allowed to make decisions about what toxins she injects into her body? While ultimately pro-choice, the entire pro-choice movement’s deceptive emphasis on women’s reproductive health irritates me. Females contract HPV from “someone.” That someone, in many cases, is probably male. Why aren’t we lining up our 11-year-old boys for mandatory HPV vaccinations to reduce the prevalence of the HPV virus circulating from one warm body to the next? Why use our teen girls as guinea pigs? The most amusing aspect of any discussion involving vaccines is that Europe uses the U.S. as a basis for policies regarding vaccinations. After years of observing the effects of vaccines in the U.S. population, they make decisions regarding what toxins (oh, I mean vaccines) to make universal. And they have a much more narrow range of “required” vaccines.
Almost all medical experts recommend that both individuals in a relationship get STD-testing prior to initiating sexual activity. (I’m not sure of the protocol for orgies, but let’s focus on sexual relationships involving just two adults.) You read that right, BEFORE you lie horizontally (or vertically, if you have bad sex education and think you can’t get pregnant standing up) you and your partner should get screened for STDs for the health and well being of each other. Hardly anyone follows this advice because it would mean delaying sexual gratification for a period of time. It would eliminate the enjoyment of one-night stands, orgies, and clandestine affairs with your boss.
The upper-age recommendation for the vaccine is 26. What about the female who remains a virgin until she gets married and doesn’t get married until she’s 28? She would have been needlessly exposed to a vaccine for 17 years because the government told her what to do with HER body when she was a minor and wouldn’t admit her to public school unless she consented to be part of the new social and medical experiment called Gardasil.
According to the American Cancer Society, the risk of a woman developing cervical cancer in her lifetime is 1 in 117 or 0.8%. So the misguided logic of conventional medicine prefers that we vaccinate ourselves against a disease we only have a miniscule chance of developing. And we aren’t even guaranteed 100% vaccination. We’re only vaccinating against two strains that fail to account for 30% of the cases of cervical cancer, which I guess is ultimately insignificant given the fact that a female’s risk of developing cervical cancer is so remote anyway. If the cervical cancer vaccine were 100% risk-free, then it would be reasonable to vaccinate against this disease even though the risk of a woman developing cervical cancer is only 0.8%. However, the cervical cancer vaccine, like all vaccines, is not completely risk-free.
We can inject our bodies with toxins in the form of vaccines, which will lower our immune response. Decreased immune response results in an increased risk of cancer and other autoimmune disorders. But, remember, we have a 0.8% chance of getting cervical cancer, so let’s protect ourselves by increasing our risk of other forms of cancer through unneeded vaccinations. According to all the sources I’ve consulted Gardasil contains aluminum, a known toxin.
Let’s not forget that cancer is a complex disease, and a properly functioning immune system is the best defense against cancer. Diet and exercise are important components to maintaining a healthy immune system, so let’s use government logic and force everyone to eat food that is only organic and vegan in order to reduce the risk of cancer. Vaccinate if you wish, but ask yourself just how many “cancer vaccines” you’d be willing to introduce into your body if multiple vaccines were available? There is an upper limit to the number of vaccines the human body can tolerate, and mandating vaccination against a cancer that is pretty rare anyway is pretty insane, yet profitable which is why the recommendation exists.
Ultimately, any new mandates that are legislated will have little effect on me. I personally will decline Gardasil as I am above the current recommended age range for the vaccine, and I also don’t fit into any of the established risk categories. I reviewed the risk factors for getting HPV at the American Cancer Society website, and none apply to me. I didn’t have sex at an early age, and I have had one sexual partner whose only partner has been me. My risk is pretty much nonexistent, and even if I were HPV-positive, I’d still only have a 0.8% chance of developing cervical cancer in my lifetime. I see no reason to weaken my immune system further with an unneeded vaccine. I already have psoriasis, an autoimmune disorder likely caused by an overload on my immune system, which in part is caused by vaccines. I’ve been (pharmaceutical) drug-free with the exception of limited caffeine consumption for the last five years. I won’t be further exacerbating my immune response by a needless vaccination whose main purpose is to ensure that the pharmaceutical industry continues to remain a multi billion dollar industry.
For more from this talented writer, click here.
Many of the opposing headlines regarding the newly approved cervical cancer vaccine emphasize the fact that parental control will be taken away if the recently approved Gardasil vaccine becomes mandatory. It seems pretty clear at this point that the vaccine will be mandatory in many states given the huge conflicts of interest that exist between lawmakers and the pharmaceutical companies. Texas Governor Rick Perry is a clear example of this conflict of interest. Anything that promotes the pharmaceutical industry and can generate billions in income is considered a good thing. It’s a sad reality that profit is given greater importance than the health of Americans. What I haven’t seen discussed so far in any recent news articles are the rights of the preteen female getting the vaccination.
Opponents of the Gardasil vaccine claim that mandatory vaccination for an STD will encourage sexual activity in adolescents. While I ultimately don’t support forcing medical treatment on any human regardless of age, I also don’t support routine HPV vaccination, and it has little to do with the fears many conservatives have.
Admittedly, I’m anti-vax. I’m simply not inclined to believe the government regarding the Gardasil vaccine given their track record. They’ve introduced new vaccines just when certain diseases such as smallpox were all but eradicated. Then, they take credit for it and convince millions of Americans of the dire need for vaccinations. Outbreaks have occurred in 100% vaccinated populations as well, which clearly undermines the propaganda the government has been feeding Americans for decades. Also, the medical community over diagnosed polio in the years prior to introducing the polio vaccine by not using virology as a basis for confirming the presence of polio. Any child presenting with certain flu-like symptoms was hastily given a polio diagnosis. Manipulating diagnostic criteria and protocol for reporting resulted in more documented polio which provided the illusion of a sharper decline in polio following mass vaccinations.
Liberals criticize conservatives for being naïve. They claim that teens will have sex regardless of the abstinence-only messages their parents try to instill upon them. If we “allow” our children the freedom of deciding at what age to become sexually active, aren’t they as equally capable of making a decision regarding when, and if, they get vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease?
If a female doesn’t become sexually active until she is eighteen, there is little practicality in receiving an unnecessary vaccination six or seven years prior to that time. Why should an individual be forced to expose her growing body to an unneeded vaccine for six unnecessary years?
If a fourteen-year-old teen can walk into any abortion clinic without her parent’s consent, shouldn’t she also be allowed to make decisions about what toxins she injects into her body? While ultimately pro-choice, the entire pro-choice movement’s deceptive emphasis on women’s reproductive health irritates me. Females contract HPV from “someone.” That someone, in many cases, is probably male. Why aren’t we lining up our 11-year-old boys for mandatory HPV vaccinations to reduce the prevalence of the HPV virus circulating from one warm body to the next? Why use our teen girls as guinea pigs? The most amusing aspect of any discussion involving vaccines is that Europe uses the U.S. as a basis for policies regarding vaccinations. After years of observing the effects of vaccines in the U.S. population, they make decisions regarding what toxins (oh, I mean vaccines) to make universal. And they have a much more narrow range of “required” vaccines.
Almost all medical experts recommend that both individuals in a relationship get STD-testing prior to initiating sexual activity. (I’m not sure of the protocol for orgies, but let’s focus on sexual relationships involving just two adults.) You read that right, BEFORE you lie horizontally (or vertically, if you have bad sex education and think you can’t get pregnant standing up) you and your partner should get screened for STDs for the health and well being of each other. Hardly anyone follows this advice because it would mean delaying sexual gratification for a period of time. It would eliminate the enjoyment of one-night stands, orgies, and clandestine affairs with your boss.
The upper-age recommendation for the vaccine is 26. What about the female who remains a virgin until she gets married and doesn’t get married until she’s 28? She would have been needlessly exposed to a vaccine for 17 years because the government told her what to do with HER body when she was a minor and wouldn’t admit her to public school unless she consented to be part of the new social and medical experiment called Gardasil.
According to the American Cancer Society, the risk of a woman developing cervical cancer in her lifetime is 1 in 117 or 0.8%. So the misguided logic of conventional medicine prefers that we vaccinate ourselves against a disease we only have a miniscule chance of developing. And we aren’t even guaranteed 100% vaccination. We’re only vaccinating against two strains that fail to account for 30% of the cases of cervical cancer, which I guess is ultimately insignificant given the fact that a female’s risk of developing cervical cancer is so remote anyway. If the cervical cancer vaccine were 100% risk-free, then it would be reasonable to vaccinate against this disease even though the risk of a woman developing cervical cancer is only 0.8%. However, the cervical cancer vaccine, like all vaccines, is not completely risk-free.
We can inject our bodies with toxins in the form of vaccines, which will lower our immune response. Decreased immune response results in an increased risk of cancer and other autoimmune disorders. But, remember, we have a 0.8% chance of getting cervical cancer, so let’s protect ourselves by increasing our risk of other forms of cancer through unneeded vaccinations. According to all the sources I’ve consulted Gardasil contains aluminum, a known toxin.
Let’s not forget that cancer is a complex disease, and a properly functioning immune system is the best defense against cancer. Diet and exercise are important components to maintaining a healthy immune system, so let’s use government logic and force everyone to eat food that is only organic and vegan in order to reduce the risk of cancer. Vaccinate if you wish, but ask yourself just how many “cancer vaccines” you’d be willing to introduce into your body if multiple vaccines were available? There is an upper limit to the number of vaccines the human body can tolerate, and mandating vaccination against a cancer that is pretty rare anyway is pretty insane, yet profitable which is why the recommendation exists.
Ultimately, any new mandates that are legislated will have little effect on me. I personally will decline Gardasil as I am above the current recommended age range for the vaccine, and I also don’t fit into any of the established risk categories. I reviewed the risk factors for getting HPV at the American Cancer Society website, and none apply to me. I didn’t have sex at an early age, and I have had one sexual partner whose only partner has been me. My risk is pretty much nonexistent, and even if I were HPV-positive, I’d still only have a 0.8% chance of developing cervical cancer in my lifetime. I see no reason to weaken my immune system further with an unneeded vaccine. I already have psoriasis, an autoimmune disorder likely caused by an overload on my immune system, which in part is caused by vaccines. I’ve been (pharmaceutical) drug-free with the exception of limited caffeine consumption for the last five years. I won’t be further exacerbating my immune response by a needless vaccination whose main purpose is to ensure that the pharmaceutical industry continues to remain a multi billion dollar industry.
For more from this talented writer, click here.
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