Study Links HPV to Lung CancerDespite Threat of Lung Cancer, Conservatives Still Don't Want Their Kids Vaccinated
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Recent studies have found connections between HPV and cancers of the mouth and throat, but the University of Louisville study released late last week is the first to associate the infection with lung cancer.
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Conservative parents and activists have condemned the vaccine, marketed under the name Gardasil, since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, claiming it would -- like easily available condoms -- encourage young people to engage in promiscuous sex.
Those same parents and groups say the news showing a link between the virus and lung cancer, which means it could affect not only their daughters but also their sons, does not change their opposition to the drug.
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Nice - let your kids die from any one of several kinds of cancer rather than immunize them because they *might* be inclined to have pre-marital sex.
I had to fill out pages of forms and go through a background check to adopt my second cat, but any set of idiots with sperm and ovaries can have a baby.