Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 December 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Gardasil Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Discussion
11:15 am
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
How can one prove it? If one is going to give it to girls - the witnesses spoke of the experience in Australia in 2008, which is seven years ago - whereas cervical cancer presents in women in their 40s, 50s and 60s, how can Dr. Connolly be so sure? He is talking about genital warts and so on. How can he be so sure that it will have an impact on women in their 50s and 60s?
Maybe he needs to say more about boys. I refer to the comment Dr. Connolly made earlier that he would also recommend the vaccine to boys.
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