Is cervical cancer God's punishment for teenage promiscuity?

[AboveTheSalt]

A Roman Catholic school has banned pupils from receiving the new cervical cancer vaccine on its premises. Governors at St Monica's High School in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, believe the school is "not the right place" to administer the injections. The vaccinations give immunity to key strains of the sexually-transmitted Human Papilloma Virus, responsible for 70% of cervical cancers. (Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7633761.stm))These medieval "Governors" should be locked up :angry:

[Fayshun]

Catholicism gives you cancer?

[Del Lardo]

and if you actually read the article....

Although some religious groups are opposed to the vaccine because of fears it may encourage promiscuity, the governors make no moral objection to the programme.

[Knipples]

I went to catholic school, the only, (and I mean this deadly seriously) ONLY sex education I had in school was being told "not to have sex until I got married" oh and "I would go to hell if I didnt do this"

I only left school in 1996, so it wasnt that long ago. They couldnt work out why so many girls were getting pregnant. I thankfully had a Mum who was happy to talk about it.

I hope all the girls get the vaccine from their doctors instead. I wish i'd had the chance for the jab.

[Garp]

No

[vix]

I wish i'd had the chance for the jab.

Me too!

Hopefully the parents will see sense and get the jabs done elsewhere.

[Desmo]

You should write newspaper headlines for a living.

[Pheebs]

You should write newspaper headlines for a living.

For News of the World!


;)

And in short - nope to the title and yes it's a bit sad they're not going to get the jab in school - however I believe they're arranging a few jab days in local surgerys to try and treat the kiddiewinkles.

[chumpychops]

If their abstinence programme is so **** that the only difference between their students being pious virgins and utter cock-junkies is receiving a cervical cancer vaccine then I'd suggest that they're not doing a very good job....

[AboveTheSalt]

You should write newspaper headlines for a living.Is that a job offer?

If so, can you please provide more details on the remuneration package?


What makes you so sure that I don't do so already?


... I believe they're arranging a few jab days in local surgerys to try and treat the kiddiewinkles.That sounds suitably efficient, let the GPs deal with it, it's what they're paid to do :angry:

[chumpychops]

And in short - nope to the title and yes it's a bit sad they're not going to get the jab in school - however I believe they're arranging a few jab days in local surgerys to try and treat the kiddiewinkles.

Here you go, young lady, it will just be a little prick.....

[Desmo]

Is that a job offer?
If so, can you please provide more details on the remuneration package?
What makes you so sure that I don't do so already?
No. No. I'm not.

[Matblack]

The vaccine is actually delivered in a course of 3 injections, research shows that if you want a child to have the whole course the best place to organise it is in he school as this is a place where (most) children can be found on a regular basis. Trial carried out outside of schools have shown a significant rate of non-completion making them much less effective.

This schools stance is idiocy in my opinion as protection form HPV is by no means a reason to engage in sex, young people do not think 'oooooo I'm protected from cervical cancer I think I'll go and and do loads of shagging!' In fact a lot of young people don't think about it at all whihc is exactly the reason these vaccines are so important.

MB

[Blackstar]

I'm 3 years too old in Scotland they are doing it up to age 17 in schools for the vaccine now and i wish i wasn't, cervical cancer is a silent killer and with the numbers of young women bothering to go for smear tests at an all time low it is vital that they have some form of protection. The schools stance is idiotic, girls don't think about the dangers of receiving a virus that can give you cancer, no one teaches you about that its all chlamydia and HIV. Promiscuity doesn't even need to be involved if the partner they marry and have children with following the no sex before marriage guidance carries the virus.

[AboveTheSalt]

To put this into context, this is taken from the Cancer Research UK web-site:From September 2008, in the UK, girls in year 8 at school (age 12 to 13yrs) will be offered the HPV vaccine. The vaccine the Government has chosen to use is Cervarix. Girls have three injections over 6 months given by a nurse. A letter about the vaccine and a consent form will be sent to the parents of the girl before she has the vaccine. It is up to her whether she has the vaccine. There will also be a 2 year 'catch up' programme starting in Autumn 2009, to vaccinate girls under the age of 18. The NHS immunisation website has more information about the vaccination programme and when girls in the catch-up programme will be offered the vaccine. (Link (http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=16024#prog))In order to be effective, the vaccine must be given on three separate occasions over a six-month period. According to these Roman Catholic school Governors that means three visits to her local GP per patient is more appropriate than the opportunity to vaccinate a whole group at one time.

Frankly, I feel that the Governors should be sacked and put on the Sex Offender's Register so as to ensure that they are never again involved in any way with children - I would feel exactly the same if it were a Jewish, Islamic, Scientologist, Jehovah's Witness or non-religious school. The Governors are an absolute disgrace.