Does a Mandatory HPV Vaccine For Young Girls Make Good Sense?
Gardasil’s reduction of pre-cancers by 12.2% to 16.5% in the general population of 9-26 year old femalesthe age range for which the vaccine is recommendedwould mean that instead of 30 to 40 cases of cancer, there would only be 26 – 35 cancers. In other words, it would take vaccination of a million girls to prevent cancer in 4 to 5 girls. Since about 37% die from cervical cancer, the vaccine would prevent 1 to 2 deaths. So $360 million in vaccine would prevent 1 to 2 deaths.
