Cancer is something that has effected us all. Whether it is us personally or just someone we know, everyone has seen it or heard of it happening to a loved one. You have probably never heard anyone say, "I love cancer!" or, "I want cancer!". That is because no one wants cancer. It is one of the number one killers and ruins thousands of lives every year. Well, what if I told you they found a cure for some cancers? That cancers like cervical cancer, cancer of the mouth, throat, and anus could be prevented or cured? The good new is, they did! The men who created this cure has proved that the vaccine works on animals, and now conducted their first clinical trial of an HPV-16 vaccine in humans. These HPV shots are being given around the world today but for some reason they are not very widely accepted. Many believe that the shots are too new and do not have enough evidence behind them to give them to their own children. They also believe that these shots should not be mandatory. The US Center of Disease Control has suggested that two doses of the vaccine should be administered six months apart from each other from children ages 11 to 12 years of age.
This is all very near and dear to my heart. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer a year and a half ago and it has turned our world upside down. Cancer has truly taken over her life and all of her loved ones lives too. If there was any way I can prevent this from happening to my future children I am definitely doing so. The pain and sorrow this awful cancer causes cannot match almost anything else. There is an ample amount of research done on this vaccine that proves that HPV does in fact work. And there have been no negative outcomes. In my opinion, there is no reason not to give your child this vaccine even if you do not believe it works. You could possibly be preventing them from getting cancer!!! In the US only 42% of young adult females and 28% of young adult males have received the full vaccination in 2015. Those are not great numbers. Many people say they do not even know about the vaccine. This is a clear example of why we need to get the word out and talk about the fact that there is a cure for cancer.
Maron, Dina Fine. “What's Next after Creating a Cancer-Prevention Vaccine?” Scientific American, www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-next-after-creating-a-cancer-prevention-vaccine/.
Macy Macchi
This is very interesting. How exactly does this vaccine work (as in, why does it only target those specific cancers)? Also, if this vaccine is so effective, are they currently working on a way to promote the administration of this vaccine? If so, what is it?
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