Friday, October 16, 2009

FDA approves Glaxo's cervical cancer vaccine

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/FDA-approves-Glaxos-cervical-apf-2176177020.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

Injection age starts at 8 now for boys and girls for a virus that is spread primarily by sexual contact for a disease that shows up in women in their 50's.
How much sense does it make to shoot this poison into a child?
Actually none unless your on the monetary receiving end of Pharma, which then makes it a "life saver".

HPV infects about 6 million people in the U.S. each year, and is spread mainly through sexual contact. It usually causes no symptoms and goes away within two years, although rare cases can develop into warts and cancer in both men and women.

Last year, nearly 4,000 women died of cervical cancer in the U.S., less than 1 percent of all deaths from cancer