I hope this doesn't come across too harshly, because I usually like Catherine Price's blogging, but this blog post is irresponsible. She buries the most important detail, perhaps for dramatic effect or perhaps because she didn't realize how important it was. The teaser on the front page of Salon says, "Do we need to guard against Gardasil? The controversial cervical cancer vaccine may carry serious health risks". That when I began to get that sinking feeling, because I've been carefully following how the right wing noise machine is trying to discourage people from getting their daughters vaccinated---because sex should have "consequences" for women, even if the consequence is death---and I was afraid that Catherine got snagged by right wing propaganda. In fact, I have a segment for next Monday's podcast (this week's: is sex without condoms always a bad thing?) chronicling the success of getting the message out there to parents to refrain from protecting their daughters from HPV.
