Mamas, don’t let your boys grow up to take Gardasil

If you’re hiding your daughters from the Gardasil marketing machine, don’t forget to hide your sons as well.

Two years ago, the FDA approved Gardasil for use in boys and men, ages nine through 26, to help prevent genital warts. Merck also claims that vaccinated boys MIGHT be less likely to pass on HPV to girls.

Of course, Merck’s emphasis is still on girls and over-the-top claims about cervical cancer “prevention.” But I noticed that the pitch on the Gardasil website has been refashioned as “One Less Person,” to include boys.

But will boys be just as vulnerable to Gardasil dangers as girls are?

We now have an answer. And it’s not good. More than 300 adverse reports now involve boys. Several have been hospitalized and two have died.

Two.

In a few years, I’m afraid that number will be closer to 89.