the rant

I believe that the HPV vaccine should be made mandatory.

I believe this because it saves many lives. It will save people from all over the world that could become infected. I would hate to know someone that it suffereing from cervical cancer knowing that there is a vaccine that could have potentially saved her life. Something else that makes me believe this is that it prevents more than just cervical cancer. Not only is it the first vaccine to prevent cancer but it can prevent more than one cancer. I think that is amazing. This vaccine is so important in everyones lives and so many people have heard about it, that not giving it to everyone would be unfair. It not only saves the people that get the vaccine but it saves anyone that comes in contact, sexually, with that person.

what the experts say

1- Dr. Gregory L. Brotzman of the Medical College of Wisconsin said “the virus is spread through contact with infected genital skin, mucous membranes or fluids from an infected partner by any form of sexual encounter whether it is oral to genital or manual to genital contact.”
2- “The cervix is similar biologically to the anus, so there’s plenty of hope that it will work there also” said Dr. Joel Palefsky, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
3- The Centers for Disease Control and the Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all girls receive the HPV vaccine. If the vaccine was mandatory, it’s possible that the disease could be wiped out completely.

second strongest argument

My second strongest argument would be that it causes no symptoms most of the time. If it causes no symptoms people won't know they have it until it is too late to cure it. Sure people get Pap tests done, but they don't always catch the disease. This disease kills many people every year around the world because they don't know they have it. Sometimes they do have symptoms but there is no way in telling when there will be symptoms and when there won't be symptoms. It would be a lot better if everyone could eliminate the scare of having the disease by completely wiping it out and getting the vaccine.

strongest argument

My strongest argument is that the vaccine can cure more than just cervical cancer. It cures any disease that originates from HPV strains. The other diseases that helps cure are genital warts, cancer in the vulva and vagina, oropharnyx and anal cancer. This would be my strongest argument because its the first vaccine to treat a cancer but more importantly, it cures more than one cancer or sexually transmitted disease. There aren't a lot of vaccines that can treat one cancer, let alone five diseases. It is very important in many peoples' lives. Many people have died due to these diseases and their families wish that this vaccine was available to them before they died.

my position

I have chosen the position of being for the HPV vaccine. I chose this side because I think that if the vaccine was made mandatory, it could save thousands of people that suffer and die from this disease. I think that my strongest arguements will be it can save many lives, it is the first vaccine to cure a cancer, and it can cure more than just cervical cancer. I will try to persuade my readers into agreeing with my position by giving them a lot of evidence on how this vaccine can save lives. I will also find statistics that can help the readers understand how helpful the vaccine is. My concerns about not being able to effectively argue this position are that the con side has a lot of good points on why this vaccine shouldn't be mandatory and I feel like I won't be able to really enforce on people why this vaccine is so important in womens' lives.

con side

Many people believe that it should not be mandatory for women to get the HPV vaccine. They believe that the vaccine is more about the profits of a pharmaceutical firm than about saving womens' lives. Also there is already Pap tests, which helps detect cells changes in the earlier stages so that women can be treated before it turns to cancer. They believe that the Pap tests are working just fine and there is no need to have a vaccine.
The vaccine is only effective if it is given prior to infection which mean it is useless to those who are already infected and therefore, critics think there is no purpose for this vaccine other than to make money. People also object to the vaccine because they believe it encourages sexual activity or makes it seem less risky. Also, unlike the chicken pox, it does not spread through casual contact so it is not a public health hazard. Parents should be allowed to decide whether or not they want their child to receive the vaccine.

pro side

Many people believe that it should be mandatory for women to get the HPV vaccine. If the vaccine was mandatory, it would be possible that dangerous strains of HPV can be wiped out. People were also informed that this vaccine can cure not only cervical cancer, but also can prevent the spread of cancer in the vulva, vagina and genital warts, which can lead to cancer. History suggests that the most effective way to achieve universal vaccination is by requiring children to receive the vaccine prior to attending school.
HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections on the planet -- as many as 80% of women will be exposed to it as some point in their lives. Seeing as this disease causes no symptoms most of the time, people don't even know they are infected. This disease kills many people, most being women, and it needs to be eliminated. Young women should not have to deal with the side effects of this disease and it would just be easier to get the vaccine at a young age.