HPV vaccination

[bawdy-nan]

Just got info for about the HPV vaccination via school and my main reaction is to cheer for a good public health programme. There seems to be some resistance amongst some of the girls and parents at the school however. The stats seems pretty clear to me and I'm assuming the nay-saying on the internet is just anti-vaxxers hyperbolic noise. There is no evidence of side effects that I can see, looking at the NHS Choices and other sites. Does anyone have a different (rational and via proper evidence) perspective - I'm keen to be armed with facts, mostly when chatting with my daughter.

[minder]

They have 3 doses given via injection (over around 6 months I think) which creates a bit of upset amongst the girls themselves but I gave my permission. My youngest (now nearly 17) came over very faint as she was last in the queue for her injection and I got a call from a nurse on call to tell me about it so it's all really supervised.

My 19 year old has also had the HPV and anything that can help prevent any kind of cancer for future generations I go with.

I remember Jade Goody was in my thoughts when I had any doubts about the HPV.

[sillywoman]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3159193/Just-safe-HPV-jab-Health-experts-launch-review-amid-concerns-cervical-cancer-vaccine-s-effects.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/thousands-of-teenage-girls-report-feeling-seriously-ill-after-routine-school-cancer-vaccination-10286876.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33504211

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardasil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervarix

My daughter (also 19) and I decided against vaccination at the time it was offered (when she was 12). She wasn't sexually active at that point (!!) and we researched as fully as we could the implications. We decided that when she was considering becoming sexually active we would revisit the decision - which we did.

I think our girls were the first ones to be offered this in school? I felt uncomfortable at the time about the 'guinea-pig' nature of this, all the more so as there was the possibility of choice between two vaccines. This was only offered for a short while then the NHS decided it would only fund Gardasil, despite Cervarix showing better results. Cervarix is now only available privately. There have been deaths linked with both vaccines, but I take the view that death is a risk of life. On the whole I am pro-vaccination, but I delayed with this one as I felt 12 or 13 was too early for my daughter to have it, and that she was sensible enough to make the decision for herself when she felt the time was right.