cervical cancer

[Kitsune06]

People know entirely too little about entirely too much.

I'm with you, Knot- I'd like to add that I betya anything that said vaccine for men wouldn't cost $600 for a 3-shot round. We had a client come in and b*tch to my manager (just casual b*tching, my mgr used to be a nurse) that she has three daughters, all under 12, which is the age at which some states are actually *requiring* the immunization. $1800 for protection for her daughters? I Sh*t you not.

Regarding testing- I'd reccommend being tested during annual exams...

Oh, to have health insurance. And even then I don't know if it'd be covered.

I think part of why there isn't as much of a clamor for it is that people think of only promiscuous people picking this up. As stated before, 1 in 4 has a strain of some sort. Sh!t happens that's beyond our control. end of story. Protection is incredibly important.

Think of the sheer amount of healthcare costs that will be reduced when we manage to reduce the number of women who develop cervical cancer because of HPV? What a benefit that would be to society. How dare they charge so much? I know Merck has a policy for those under-funded, but it would likely prove very difficult, indeed, to manage that.

PABadger- Ok, I know it might be awhile before I can afford this, but seriously, yer makin' me nervous. Like I need to be *more* afraid of a vaccination!