HPV Vaccine: Mandatory?

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Unfortunately any search I do with sorority and Merck comes up with the DZ issue (on news pages discussing both) or this thread

Hadn't heard. But college students are a common target for drug trials.. it's a good way to make money. My roommate has a smallpox vaccine for it, and possibly a herpes vaccine (not sure if she did that one). And since this is targeted at women, sororities would be a good contact point.

Thanks for doing the searches, Drolfille Maybe I'll call Merk...nor NPC...they have a section for research proposals actually. I'm not sure if Merk was actually doing clinical trials with NPC women...I think it might have been more of a "what do you think about it and why" type of study. Don't quote me on that one though!! **Geek grad student about to come out...damnit it already has!**

I'm not sure if Merk is focusing on clinical trials right now for college women. (Actually, the vaccine can be used for men, too! Not to prevent ovarian cancer, obviously, but some of the strains of genetal warts...I just learned this last week!)

There is a smallpox vaccine, but it hasn't been given out to the general public since the 70s. I sincerely doubt they'd be giving it out to college students now. So 20 somethings, like me, would be at highest risk. Our parents, however, should still have some immunity to the virus.

As for herpes vaccine there is none, yet...or a cure, either.

I was talking about this very subject the other day. We were thinking...if people think that having the HPV vaccine will make their daughters become sexually active...would it be the same situation with an HIV vaccine? **To date there is no HIV vaccine** Just some food for though.

Back to being a geek. But if anyone finds something, please let me know