We had decided when Gardasil first “came out” to not have our daughter vaccinated with it. It seems as though “society” is doing everything it can to erase negative consequences for our actions, which lowers the bar for morality, let alone righteousness. But the main reason for our decision, even though our daughter’s still young, is we’re cautious about new medications, vaccinations, etc, precisely for the reason stated above: it seems most of them haven’t been tested long enough to know what the true side affects really can be. I know that teaching abstinence until marriage isn’t a guarantee for her choices, but I trust God to take care of us.
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Someone suggested that every parent who refuses to have their child vaccinated because they're afraid it'll make her more likely to have sex should be forced to sign the following letter, to be placed in the daughter's medical file and handed to her should she get cervical cancer:
"Dearest daughter,
we are really sad to hear that you're seriously ill/dying from a condition that doctors have now been able to prevent for (insert number) years. We want you to know that it's nothing personal; it was simply more important to us to never have to think of you as an actual human being, than for you to live a long life.
If we are still alive when you read this, and you are strong enough to do so, feel free to come visit us and we'll be happy to explain in person why you deserve to die in horrible agonizing pain, you worthless little slut.
In (insert religious affiliation) love,
your parents."
it seems most of them haven’t been tested long enough to know what the true side affects really can be.
I believe the typical development and testing period for a new drug or vaccine is something like 10-12 years (new variants of existing, certified drugs apparently take about half that time), covering a battery of staged trials. How much more would you realistically expect?
"... but I trust God to take care of us."
Then, my dear, you are well and truly fucked. The only people I trust less than god are the government. At least god can be relied on to leave me alone.
Good job! Good job! Why protect your child? If she get's cancer, she sure deserves it, it's god's will and all!
You suck as parents! Totally suck! FAIL!
You do realize that HPV can go undetected for ages and can be passed to your daughter by her husband, right? So, if she gets it because of "bad" choices, then she won't know for years and she may still get it, even if shewaits until marriage to have sex.
Still, even though it hurts me to agree, Gardasil wasn't tested long enough. A lot of girls I know have bad side effects. Personally, about half an hour after I get the shot, I get sick. I still haven't had my last booster because the day I was supposed to get it, I had a picnic and I refused to be sick for it, so I wouldn't let the nurse stick me.
"but I trust God to take care of us."
So you do not have any ensurance policy? You drive your car without wearing a seatbelt? It's just empty meaningless words, nobody trusts God and those that do usually do not die of old age.
And if she gets cervical cancer it would be God's punishment, right? Just because you think it is caused by the sin of fornication dosen't mean it's true. She could still get it even if she's *shock, horror* married!
You know, as tempting as it may be to believe that your daughter will always be a pure little angel, the reality is that she'll most likely grow up and have pre-marital sex, just like the vast majority of us did. Since you're probably going to insist she only have an abstinence education, the likelihood of her having unprotected sex is elevated. Is it really such an issue to provide her with a vaccination that will help protect her from eventually developing cervical cancer? It's not like the vaccine activates the "let's fuck everything in sight!" part of her brain. Puberty is already going to do that, whether you like it or not.
Stop being morons and start being parents.
... while I can understand wanting to wait a little while before taking new medications/vaccinations/etc. (I myself plan to wait a little while longer before getting vaccinated with this; I don't plan to have sex anytime soon, so it hardly hurts me to not be in the test group), refusing a vaccine because you think it "lowers the bar for morality" is incredibly fucking stupid. Aside from the fact that, as you said, there's no guarantee that she won't have sex: what if her future husband ends up having it?
Did you vaccinate her for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, etc.?
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