Scottish girls aged 12 are to be offered a new vaccine, which will protect them against the form of cervical cancer caused by the human papilloma virus. This is transmitted by sexual intercourse. It has been billed by the Scottish Executive as a move which could save thousands of lives.
Our regional paper, the Press and Journal, trod on the proverbial banana-skin today, headlining this on its frontpage as Schoolgirls aged 12 to get jabs for sex cancer. Atrocious.
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I have a sense of humor, really I do, but that is compellingly disgraceful. ~ Mary
ReplyDeleteWhat an uneducated Dinosaur! I remember reading a true story in a health education book where one man gave cervical cancer to all three of his wives over the years. He had no symptoms and no idea that he caused the demise of both wives until his third wife was diagnosed with it. How awful was that? To marry all of them for love, not sexual encounters, and find out you caused their deaths through this dreadful transmitable disease which can now be avoided by an injection. Thank goodness it will soon be eradicated. Jeanie
ReplyDeleteThat is such a sad way to label this life saving vaccine. My sister died from this cancer and believe me if it would have been around back in the '60s she would have given it to her daughters. It was a terrible way to die. People just don't get it. Joni
ReplyDeleteNewspapers sicken me, all they try to do is sensationalise everything. If they can use the word 'sex' they will. It's really offense to people who are battling this or have lost loved ones from it. Jeannette xx http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/
ReplyDeleteWhat an unorthodox way of belittling something that will in the end save lives. Some people need to read what they have written and take a moral inventory before it's printed. (Hugs) Indigo
ReplyDeleteGrrrrr that just pissed me off!
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How ridiculous, of course girls should have the vaccine. It is a terrible disease and it is a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
ReplyDeleteSandra xx