get Pap smears (which test for abnormal cells that can lead to cancer), some of them will still get cervial cancer".  The reason she said, is because the vaccine does not protect against all HPV viruses that cause cancer - it's only effective against two that cause about 70 percent of cervical cancers. For months, Harper said, she's been trying to convince major television and print media to listen to her and tell the facts about  this vaccine.  "But no one will print it", she said According to Harper, the facts about the HPV vaccine are: It is not a cancer vaccine or cure. It is a prophylactic - preventative - vaccine for a virus that can cause cancer It is not 100 percent effective against all HPVs .  It is 100 percent effective against two types that cause 70 per cent of cervical cancers The vaccine only works if the woman/girl does not have HPV 6,11,16 or 18 - the viruses that Gardasil targets when she receives her first vaccine shot. The vaccine doesn't care if the girl/woman has been sexually active, Harper said "HPV is a skin-to-skin infection.  Although the only way to get cervical dysplasia is through an HPV infection, and HPV is most often associated with sexual activity.  HPV is not just spread through sex.  We have mulitple papers where that's documented.  We know that 3 year olds, 5 year olds, 10 year olds, and women who have never had sex have been found to be