conservative wackos want you to have cancer!

Scientists have found a vacinne that has cured cervical cancer in 100% of the cases that they have tested. Instead of rejoicing, religious loons are against this scientific milestone! Guess we shouldn't be surprised....

Let them have cervical cancer…

Via are you effin’ kidding me? and The Gadflyer: Fly Trap.

There is a new vaccine in development that will prevent HPV infections (read venereal warts). HPV infections which are usually asymptomatic depending on the strain cause somewhere upwards of 90% of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer which often goes undetected for a while can be very deadly and commonly eliminates a woman’s chance to have children. None the less…

In the US, for instance, religious groups are gearing up to oppose vaccination, despite a survey showing 80 per cent of parents favour vaccinating their daughters. “Abstinence is the best way to prevent HPV,” says Bridget Maher of the Family Research Council, a leading Christian lobby group that has made much of the fact that, because it can spread by skin contact, condoms are not as effective against HPV as they are against other viruses such as HIV.

“Giving the HPV vaccine to young women could be potentially harmful, because they may see it as a licence to engage in premarital sex,” Maher claims, though it is arguable how many young women have even heard of the virus.

This is just inhuman. When will the religious right get it through their head. By being celibate until marriage you are not protected from these diseases. First, you don’t have to have intercourse to transmit HPV. Second, you can’t control for what you partner may or may not have done. I would ask the women opposing the virus if they get a Pap smear every year. If they do I would be curious if they are sleeping around since that is what they are checking for, cervical cancer.

(Craig's Thoughts)