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Originally Posted by comrade
A hypothetical question (for everyone): What if the vaccine was for HIV? I believe that vaccine could significantly alter sexual behaviour in those who take it, but would you deny children the vaccine because it might lead to greater promiscuity?
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I can't even imagine not offering an HIV vaccine if there was one. Though I can't really imagine not offering the HPV one either.
Teenagers are having sex
all the time!. There is not really such thing as "greater promiscuity" anymore. To not offer a vaccine because you think it might lead to more sex among young people... it's ridiculous because it simply can't happen. I have little cousins in junior high/high school that I am pretty close with and they know more and are doing more than I ever did at that age! And I'm only 27. It's not like a huge generational gap or anything.
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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Thats a little harsh, no?
Not providing something is not the same as stopping people from getting it. In fact they are educating parents and students and telling them where to get the vaccine for free (if I read that right).
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As has been mentioned the schools are used because it is the easiest way to get as many kids as possible. Many of the parents (and arguably those of the kids who need this the most) simply won't do it for one reason or another.