More email on HPV

I was unable to call in during your discussion on the HPV vaccine but have a few comments. First, let me establish that I do believe the vaccine should be given only with parental agreement. Also, the ties between Merck and Perry are troubling, at best.
However, the argument that all vaccines are given for communicable diseases is incorrect. Our children are now required to be immunized for Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood and infected body fluids. This can be accomplished by direct blood-to-blood contact, unprotected sex, and needle sharing. Most cases are transmitted by the latter two routes. I consider these routes of transmission to be behavioral, yet no one is up in arms about the fact that this, too, is a required vaccination.
Hepatitis B is a very debilitating disease, as is Cervical Cancer. I guess I just can't imagine that there is a vaccine available to prevent cancer causing HPV and people aren't lining up for it. (Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by oncogenic HPV). Why wouldn't you want your child vaccinated? We are being given a chance to potentially eradicate a cancer - this is big stuff!!
Food for thought - if/when there is a vaccine for AIDS, should that be required as well??