"Kathleen" > wrote in message
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> Paul M. Cook wrote:
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>
>> I have to explain everything. Oral sex. OK, oral sex. And in case you
>> have not figured it out yet, one can give it as well as receieve it. Not
>> everyone owns a hot tub.
>
>
> And, oral sex is not a "get out of jail free" card, as far as STDs go.
>
> I insisted that my daughter receive the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. It
> entailed a three-shot series of IM injections that are obviously painful,
> even in non-wimpy girls. In Missouri, the shots are available at no cost
> from Planned Parenthood to girls whose health insurance does not cover it.
> Outside this program you're looking at $175.00 per shot - $525 for the
> series.
>
> Currently, only female teenagers are eligible.
>
> However, this morning I read that the HPV virus also predisposes both
> males and females to tongue and throat cancers.
> http://www.physorg.com/news143133664.html
>
> My daughter was literally gleeful at the thought that her younger brother
> might need to receive the same series of innoculations.
>
They are available here free and the inoculation program is carried out
through the school boards, except for the Catholic school boards who seem
to think that their little angels will remain virgins until they get
married!
Graham