I feel I must comment about the HPV vaccination that was on tonights newcast. I am the mother of a cervial cancer victim. My daughter called me immediately after the news and we talked about this. We are concerned that mothers are hesitant to give their daughters this vaccine. This disease took her health, energy and her fertility. She endured much pain and distress going though treatment plus she lost 6 months of employment. Like she said, she is lucky that she has good insurance to pay the thousands of dollars for treatment and hundreds and hundreds of dollars for medication that prevent nausea that don't always work. To think a mother would not give her daughter this vaccine because it might give them the idea that they are promoting promiscuity is ridiculous. Think about watching your daughter give up plans for more children and undure much pain and hardship because of this reason, is beyond reason. My daughter told me that 90% of women in their thirties have been exposed to HPV. This should have been brought out in your report. This could happen to you or your daughters. If there had been a vaccine when my daughters were teenagers I would have made it available to them.
