Archive for February 17th, 2007
HPV Vaccine introduced as necessary for Young Girls by the Age of Twelve
After reading Pho’s well thought out post concerning mandating HPV Vaccine for Ohio girls. I left the following comment.
My daughter’s friend had cervical cancer at the age of 19. Cancer at any age is a frightening and life changing event. If we have the means to protect young women through a vaccine, we as a society should do all we can to protect those young women. Individual rights should of course be considered, but it is time for the American Public to face facts although we talk like Puritans, many of us do not act like Puritans. Parents who think that there children are not sexually active at earlier and earlier ages are not being realistic. Look around you at the trends in our society and tell me that we are not objectifying young women. We expect more of our young people than many adults are capable of doing. If we have a means to protect young women, we should by all means do it.
I had a good friend die of testicular cancer when I was eighteen; he was twenty. In 1969, that form of cancer was 87% fatal. Now, people survive that type of cancer and go on to win the Tour d’ France. Do young women not deserve the same chances?
I say we move forward with legislation and amend it any way we need to make it acceptable to as many groups as possible because young women deserve to have this vaccine.
I would stress that we need to work together to find common ground so that future generations of women have one more safeguard against the continuing march of cancer.
A Cup of Coffee, A Bowl of Oatmeal and Brewed Fresh Daily
So now you know my daily routine. Each morning I have the same routine except on Saturdays when the routine is much later. Saturday morning is my day for looking out the window, thinking, reflecting, refreshing and renewing. So I did that this morning and then decided it was time for my daily look at Brewed Fresh Daily. As usual, George does not disappoint. The first shared item caught my attention“Mayor Eric Brewer meets the bloggers” and I immediately clicked through to read that post on the recently refreshed RealNEO site. Check out the banner at the top of the page and be regalled with one of Norm Roulet’s many talents, his photographer’s eye.
We met with Mayor Brewer yesterday and as usual I was impressed with the man’s candor, vision, and passion for the city he loves. When the podcast is up on the Meet.The.Bloggers site, be sure to listen and take note of the number of times that he mentions the words serve, empower, responsibility, and the phrase “raising the bar”. In my mind, the words of a leader. Sign up for the RSS feed and be notified when the podcast is up for listening. And while you are there, check out the upcoming.org events listed on the left and come to one of the interviews and participate. All are welcome. We are in for a truly exciting year. Be there!