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The Baltimore Sun Susan Reimer column: Readers worry about HPV vaccine; doctors say it's safe.(Column)

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| April 03, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Susan Reimer

Apr. 3--Iwrote a column recently advocating the vaccination of our daughters against human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts and, years later, cause cervical cancer.

The response to the column was passionate, as you might imagine. Readers objected to everything from the unknown long-term effects of the drug to the unseemly role of Merck, the company that makes the vaccine, in urging it on the public. Readers recalled the record of pharmaceutical companies with drugs such as hormone replacement therapy, Vioxx and Fen-Phen, which were thought to be helpful when introduced but were found, over…

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