Cervical vaccine trial on babies: report

[Hannah Bell]

"doctor who played a key role in trials of a cervical cancer vaccine is proposing testing it on babies.

Suzanne Garland, the director of microbiology and infectious diseases at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, is flying to the US to meet with drug companies and will discuss trialling the vaccine on babies up to a few months old, Fairfax newspapers report.

Professor Garland said there were benefits to immunising babies instead of schoolgirls, but one of the questions that would need to be answered was how long the vaccine would last, and whether a booster shot would be necessary years later.

The vaccine has been tested in children only over the age of 10."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Cervical-vaccine-trial-on-babies-report/2007/08/27/1188066978713.html



No clinical need to test it on babies, of course.

I wonder how many middle-class australian women will offer up their infants for testing?

What do you want to bet: aboriginals in australia, & the rest from poor countries overseas.

[Ian David]

1. It's best to test these things on babies before parents have time to grow too attached to them.

:sarcasm:

Uhm...

Do you think you could provide a LINK?

[Hannah Bell]

2. it's in the op now.

(but you could have googled the text if you felt so sarcastic about it.)

[newfie11]

3. enough already!!!

Babies have enough vaccines for their systems to deal with. It's not like their going to go out and have sex soon. Give them a break.:grr: Jeeze!!

[Ian David]

4. What if they're raped? n/t

[mhatrw]

5. Gardasil can prevent baby rape!

Just step right up to get your baby three jabs of the only aluminum injection clinically proven to prevent baby rape for only $600!

[Ian David]

6. It doesn't prevent the rape. It prevents them from getting cancer from being raped. n/t

[beam me up scottie]

7. But babies can get regular pap smears !!11!1

[mhatrw]

9. Yes, one of the leading causes of cancer is baby rape!

With Gardasil, your raped baby can be one less baby raped cancer victim.

Get working on that jingle!

[mzmolly]

11. Just when you think it can't get any more absurd.

:crazy:

[cosmik debris]

8. That's certainly lousy journalism.

There is no "cervical vaccine", there is no "cervical cancer vaccine".

Are they talking about the HPV vaccine? Why did they distort the truth so much?

[mzmolly]

10. Completely nauseating. But HepB was mandated for babies

so why not? :eyes: