Has anyone chosen not to allow their daughter to have the hpv vaccine?

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I am not madly keen on vaccinations per se but if they are necessary then my children will have them. My daughter is due to have the hpv vaccine soon. When I last looked into this several years ago there was a lot of bad news about this vaccine, its use was suspended, albeit temporarily, in some countries and you do not need to look very far to find accounts of tragic consequences for some. How much of this is true and what proportion of people it affects is a moot point.
Is there anyone on here that is knowledgeable on this subject and decided not to vaccinate their children with this vaccine? It is extremely difficult to make an informed decision; many articles may be scaremongering and I don’t think reading official sources is necessarily any better as they are only going to be pro vaccination. Happy to receive any constructive thoughts. Thanks very much.

Have you ever thought that official reports are pro-vaccination for a reason?? And I'll give you a clue....it's got nothing to do with big pharma companies.

Look, be very wary of trusting what you read on the internet relating to vaccination. Research shows they are heavily biased towards to anti-vaxx movement and will not be impartial.

Listen to experts in immunology not people on the internet who think the world is some big conspiracy theory.

My mum's just been diagnosed with HPV throat cancer.
My daughter will be vaccinated.

I'm not sure what you mean by "official sources", but the clinical data clearly supports safety and efficacy. From the American CDC:

www.cdc.gov/hpv/parents/vaccinesafety.html

www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaccines/hpv-vaccine.html

It will reduce your daughter's risk of cervical cancer. Both of my kids have had it and I was glad to get it for them.

I chose not to get it myself. I was due to have it the second year it was out but there were a lot of bad reactions the first year. I wasn’t sexual active so told my parents I didn’t want it. In the end it’s just as well because I didn’t need it. I got married to my first boyfriend and that was that. But I don’t think it’s dangerous. I can’t say i know anyone who has had it and has suffered serve reactions apart from those who founfortunately they were allergic.

how much of this is true... is a moot point is really not true though, is it? Its certainly not a moot point.

I've had a quick Google for "HPV vaccine safety 2018" and amongst the first dozen or so sources that come up are the NHS, the British Medical Journal, the Centre for Disease Control, the Oxford University Vaccine Knowledge Project and the World Health Organisation. All of these refer to the controversy you cite, and discuss a number of recent academic and medical research studies carried out into the subjecr matter.

They also state many of the prime concerns were anecdotal and shared on social media with the key concern being fatigue. I haven't read beyond that into anything more sinister so forgive me if I've missed something major.

They also state that the effect of Facebook stirring up of the concerns has led to a drop from 90% uptake in the vaccination to just 40% in Denmark. That's quite worrying to me, not because it suggests a problem with the vaccine, but because of the hysteria social media can stir amongst a population in a short time and the effect it can have.

No because I'm not a total twat and vaccines save lives

No because HPV is astonishingly common and I am a parent whose job it is to protect my children from that which I can reasonably protect them from.

If you love your daughter, save her from the risk of that HORRIBLE disease

I vaccinate as I’d rather my daughter receive a needle than get a life threatening disease.

I'm just hoping it's routinely offered to boys too by the time DS is old enough. Far too many women die from cervical cancer and rates of oral and oesophageal cancers caused by HPV are on the rise in men too.

My daughter is having it. It’s an absolute no brainier. Why would you not want to reduce the risk not only of cervical cancer but also of most head and neck cancers too?

" In the end it’s just as well because I didn’t need it. I got married to my first boyfriend and that was that. "

Unless he's had a previous experience or he's unfaithful.

Australia is on track to wipe out cervical cancer within 20 years thanks to the HPV vaccine (given to both boys and girls in high school) as well as pap smear screening.

The vanishingly rare adverse effects have primarily been in elite athletes. Unless your daughter is an elite athlete, she should get her vaccine.

Have you ever had an abnormal smear, OP? If you have, you know the worry and anxiety it can cause, even if it amounts to nothing more than more frequent screening.

Imagine being able to gift your daughter the freedom of not having that worry.

I'm just hoping it's routinely offered to boys too by the time DS is old enough.

It's been on the schedule for boys here in the US for at least two years. That's when DS got it.

You’re not madly keen on vaccines?
Why? Because you’re keen for your children to potentially suffer from life threatening illnesses?

I was among the first group of people vaccinated in Australia in early 2007. No one I know suffered any side effects from it, certainly no more than any other vaccine. And, as said above, Australia is on track to wipe out HPV entirely in the coming decades.

By all means, be a fool about your own health, but don't do the same to your children.

@Racecardriver so i assume you were his first gf then?

I wont be doing it because hpv usually clears in its own time in the majority of cases. There are also many people who have become very ill from it and went on to have crippling issues. Its a fairly new vaccine with no record of long term effects. Some countries have banned it. To me the risk is not worth if for something the body can eradicate on its own.

My daughter is due to have it next year. She will have it. She told me that one of her friends isn't having it because of what's in it. Her mums decision. I think at 13 years old though she is old enough to make her own decision about it rather than her mums views.

I didn't have it. I was offered in school, I wanted to get it and still do but I have a huge phobia with needles, I wasn't able to do it and still mad at myself.

Looking into therapy for my issues though.

I'm another one hoping that by the time my son is old enough the vaccine will be offered to boys as well, if not I'll pay to go private if needs be.

I opted out for my daughter but I've questioned my decision. However, my cousin is a doctor and he said no. He's in Canada. She's not sexually active yet and I'd like her to be a little older before she gets it.

It amazes me that you think asking a load of randoms on the internet will give you the best information you can get!! Do you think a lollipop lady, a teacher, a housewife, and a mumpreneur will give you more accurate information than the highly qualified doctors and scientists that worked on this?
Do you think the govt would be providing something additional to the people that it doesn't need to unless they had done substantial tests and got good results both for individuals and the population?

What will you say to you daughter if she gets this disease and you say, well...a load of unqualified randoms and nutters on the internet persuaded me not to vaccinate!