Flutterby™! : HPV vaccine warning

A few weeks ago, Texas Governor Rick Perry's initiative to make the new HPV vaccine mandatory was shot down by his Republical legislature, and many people were up in arms about Republicans being pro cancer.

I'm sympathetic, I know that there has been much opposition to this product because it might give women more sexual freedom, but I'm also wary of new medical technologies. Especially those involving mandatory vaccinations. So I wasn't terribly surprised to see that a group of UCSF doctors warn against the wide use of cervical cancer vaccine:

"At this stage, vaccination can still be considered experimental," said Dr. Karen McCune, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UCSF, who co-authored the editorial. "To be discussing mandatory vaccination when the main clinical trials are still ongoing seems extremely premature. We're feeling like the enthusiasm is driving policy rather than data."