tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post9155522118784024426..comments2024-03-27T05:50:16.659+00:00Comments on We Mixed Our Drinks: Faith schools, moral panic, and the HPV vaccineHannah Mudgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367085612049349757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-22651555659033005342014-09-04T18:11:15.503+01:002014-09-04T18:11:15.503+01:00There of many of us who would consider the 'mo...There of many of us who would consider the 'moral' aspect of the vaccine a moot issue because first of all, looking at the statistics of the disease itself and comparing the percentage of those who contract it as opposed to the number that have any serious effects from the disease (very small indeed) and weighing the damage that vaccines in general cause versus the benefits of any supposed protection from them, getting the vaccine, so the real moral panic here is the perception that the vaccine is what will save you. To be blunt, with no actual studies to support the use of it and the already legion of levels of damage done by it, getting the vaccine is a truly bad idea. I certainly would not subject my daughters (or even more ridiculously, my sons) nor my grandchildren to the danger of this attempt for the pharmaceutical industry to make a buck by using irrational fear on an unsuspecting public. Benny SandersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-36299998982032178422012-07-18T22:00:12.395+01:002012-07-18T22:00:12.395+01:00Not saying that people here don't care! There&...Not saying that people here don't care! There's just a lot less of a health&safety crazy, cotton-wool, over-protective parents etc culture I have found.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382900782403834202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327544553976967122.post-81203231989344555252012-07-18T21:56:26.740+01:002012-07-18T21:56:26.740+01:00Totally agree. Although, I had my vaccine a few ye...Totally agree. Although, I had my vaccine a few years ago in Scotland, and this issue was never raised at all. Having gone to a very high-achieving cambridgeshire school before moving to Scotland, I have noticed a huge change in how 'protective' people are. Most people here got it without question. The only controversy I ever heard was some theories that it did more harm than good (or worse, why bother because it only protects against one strain - yeah well, what if you got that strain?!) As a christian I never once considered not having it because I wasn't planning on having sex with anyone other than my husband. I was more concerned with protecting myself. I had a few friends who opted out because of the usual scaremongering around new injections, but I must admit, I didn't think about it too much - until afterwards when my arm was in agony!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382900782403834202noreply@blogger.com