Week Three Readings

Wow, both of these articles were very though provoking. I found the HPV Vaccination article almost a little disturbing, in a sense. The vaccination is an effort made to increase the health of the women in our country, it is a proactive measure. When parents opt-out for their children, not only are their children not giving consent, but the parents are taking away the child's right to health and protection. Reading this article reminded me of some recent cases of child deaths caused by "prayer healing" in Oregon. Religion is a great thing, but if it starts putting children at risk of their health, some major moral and ethical evaluations must be taken. It is great that they make the vaccine mandatory in elementary school, when the most children attend school. The second article confused me a little. I don't understand why the guidelines recommend women get fewer mammograms. It's very interesting that these proactive measures are not the issues that are "popular" per se, but it is the treatment that get the most public attention. It it these preventative, proactive measures that need more funding so that we can save more money from not having to treat as many sick people.