Graham wrote:

> "Kathleen" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>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.
>>
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>>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
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>>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!

I substitute teach in my kids' (public) school district. No info on the
Gardasil vaccine was provided and when I spoke to the school nurses at
my kids' schools they behaved as if I'd given them a link to a kiddie
porn web site.

OTOH, when my husband mentioned the free vaccine to a fellow tool and
tie maker at work (in the context of bad reaction to painful shots), she
nearly fainted because she'd paid full price to immunize her daughters.

Morals aside, I recommend universal vaccination of teen and pre-teen
females. No matter what your feelings on premarital sex might be, your
daughter may still be subjected to physical or mental coercement.

And if the vaccine were currently available to adolescent males, my son
would be in line and baring his shoulder for the shot to protect himself
against throat and mouth cancers, and to protect his partners against
the above, plus cervical cancers.