excellent post ShermanMcKoy - just about sums up the argument in...

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Originally posted by ShermanMckoy ↑

I am struggling to get my head around this argument...

17 women in every one million die of cervical cancer...So if we administer the vaccine and can reduce this figure by 50% we will save 8 women's lives..And the majority of these women will be over 50 years of age, living a significant portion of there lives before contracting the disease...

But to achieve these stellar numbers, we are going to vaccinate every girl from 13 years of age, on the off chance (.00017 ) they may contract the disease..

So I bring my daughter to the doctor and he/she says " We need to arrange a time to vaccinate your daughter as soon as possible. The chances of her contracting this disease in the next 50 years time are around (.00017) . Less than 1 %"

Me: " The odds sound pretty low Doc."

Doc: " Well they are low, but in the interest of beating this disease we need to make every effort possible"

Me: " I understand this Doc. We are all on board. You know best. One small question though. Are there any side affects?"

Doc. " There have been a few instances of girls suffering adverse reactions but these are very few and far between. Really nothing to worry about !"

Me: "Well what kind of reactions Doc? What's the worst that could happen?"

Doc: " Well there have been some reports that a few girls have died from the vaccine ."

Me: " Are you serious Doc? Listen I bow to your superior knowledge, but let me get this straight. You would like to administer a drug to my daughter on the off chance ( .00017) that she may or may not get this disease possibly in 30 or 40 years time. There is also the slight possibility she may die from an adverse reaction to the drugs. And the chances of her NOT getting the disease are around a staggering 99.99983 %."

Doc: " Well that pretty much sums it up!! So when can we vacs her?"

Me: " I love your work Doc, but this is ridiculous. I think we will take our chances and give this puppy a miss."

" One more question though? Surely you haven"t found anyone dumb enough to take you up on your offer......... "

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excellent post ShermanMcKoy - just about sums up the argument in a nutshell.
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