HPV vaccine now recommended for all boys, CDC says
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(CBS) The HPV vaccine should be given to all males between the ages of 11 and 21, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said in its 2012 recommendations, that the human papillomavirus vaccine should be "routine" for all boys aged 11 to 12 years old and it also recommends "catch-up" vaccinations for males ages 13 to 21.
Last October, the committee first recommended the vaccine for boys, HealthPop reported, but the recommendations weren't formalized until they were published this week, according to the CDC. The recommendations are published in the Feb. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Feb. 3 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The immunization committee is comprised of 16 other medical societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians.
CDC epidemiologist Dr. Eileen Dunne told the New York Times that the move came because new data over the past two years showed the vaccine was "very effective" in preventing genital warts in men and women, as well as some cancers.
At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women get infected with HPV at some point, but few develop symptoms or get sick, according to the CDC. Some infections lead to warts, cervical cancer and other cancers, including of the head and neck.
A recent study found that 16 million Americans between the ages of 14 to 69 have HPV in their mouths or throat, but most were found not to have the kind most strongly linked to cancer, according to HealthPop.
The HPV vaccine has been recommended for girls since 2006, but only 49 percent of adolescent girls have gotten at least one of the three HPV shots, according to recent estimates.
The new HPV vaccine recommendations were just two of the changes the CDC announced. Changes were also made to when mothers should receive the tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) booster that protects infants from pertusiss. According to the 2012 schedule, women should receive the vaccine during pregnancy, preferably after 20 weeks of gestation. Adult patients should continue to be vaccinated against influenza.
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There is no evidence that Gardasil is effective in preventing anal cancer or genital warts in boys.
Merck's study of HPV vaccine efficacy in males published in the New England Journal of Medicine states that Gardasil is 89% effective against genital warts and 75% effective against anal cancer.
Given the fact that there are approximately 300 annual deaths from of anal/rectal cancer among men in the United States, one wonders how Merck was able to prove such a huge reduction in such a rare problem.
As with the female group, external lesions substituted for actual cancer with no proof that lesions of that type actually lead to cancer at all.
Yet, Merck's statistics regarding their cancer substitute penile/perianal/perineal intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) listed in their appendix to the article show that in men who did not have HPV prior to vaccination, both the vaccinated group and the placebo group had the same number of these types of lesions, making the observed efficacy of Gardasil minus 98%!
And, for HPV strain 18-related genital lesions, there were actually more lesions in the vaccinated group than the placebo group.
So as in the previous study, Merck's impressive numbers for the efficacy of Gardasil in men can only be attained by excluding one-quarter of the study participants.
When everyone is included and all outcomes are assessed, the efficacy drops to zero!
Reference:
Lenzer J, Should Boys be Given the HPV Vaccine? The Science is Weaker than the Marketing, Discover Magazine, November 14, 2011.
Here is a list of 27 important questions which they cannot answer!
http://vactruth.com/2011/11/04/27-dirty-little-vaccine-secrets/
Who wants to buy a car from a pushy salesman who knows nothing about cars?
Ronin, perhaps a steady diet of synthetic poisons is right for you.
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In other words, Baileyccc, you just get your talking points
from the M0R0NGELICAL christian right-wing-idiot alliance.
How many people do you know that have died from polio or small pox?
Because YOU are not intelligent enough to understand how vaccines work does nto mean the vaccines are poison.
AND, to further kick you in the face...I wasn't aware the HPV vaccine had "synthetic" anything in it.
Dumb people annoy me.
However, even scientists are saying they haven't found any definitive link between Gardasil and its efficacy in preventing oral cancer or esophageal cancer in men.
So what exactly would men get out of the HPV vaccine anyway?
It just boggles the mind that we have a complete and total prevention for a cancer and idiots are arguing against it.
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No studies have been performed with Adacel vaccine to evaluate carcinogenicity, mutagenic potential, or impairment of fertility.
Pregnancy Category C
Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Adacel vaccine. It is also not known whether Adacel vaccine can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Adacel vaccine should be given to a pregnant
woman only if clearly needed."
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