The HPV vaccine should be mandatory.

I will do my best to fix those original links at the end of this argument. 1. It's good for health policy. You haven't defined what you mean by " good health policy ". I can only presume by you showing evidence HPV is linked to several types of cancer(most cases of which that won't kill you until you are close to 60) , that you are arguing that public policy which increases the average lifespan is good health policy. So why not castrate every male once they reach an age where they are likely to reproduce? You could increase the average male lifespan by 20 years prevent the spread of HPV and put a stop to unwanted pregnancy. this would cause a huge jump in the average life expectancy more so then any vaccination.[1] You haven't made clear what your definition of good health policy is. I can only assume by what you said that you are referring to life expectancy. If you are then I have shown a better alternative strategy to increase life expectancy not only over all but for over 50% of the population. If you more narrowly define good health policy as something that prevents HPV then I have shown you a strategy that would require a procedure that would only have to be performed on 50% of the population and also eliminate HPV. The arguments you have used to say HPV vaccination is moral can also be used to show castration is moral 1. Disease is not individual in any sense of the word, so individual liberties should not be paramount in assessing the worth of this castration program. 2. A castration program ( aka sterilization program ) is nothing new there is precedent for this and it also has a longer track record then any vaccination program. A sterilization program has been used in 33 states[2] and many ancient cultures. I do contest the other points you made that vaccinations are moral. I will not use them here, but they do apply to castration as well. 2-it's morally correct. The health concerns of various vaccinations have been debunked. However, the health concerns of an HPV vaccine have not been debunked. Not only have they not been debunked they aren't even completely known. The long term affects of these vaccines are a complete mystery. Gardasil didn't get approval from the FDA until 2006 [3] cervarix wasn't approved by the FDA until 2009 [4]. What your doing is asking the bulk of the population to throw caution to the wind and take a chance on a newly approved vaccine, when we don't know what the long term health risks associated with them will be. You also argued that a single injection of vaccine isn't facing a major loss of decision making. What we are talking about here is not a single shot but 3 shots within a 6 month period. [5]this is in fact atleast 4 times less autonomy then you first calculated. You say that a vaccination isn't unprecedented either. This is no normal vaccination though. Most if not all of the current vaccinations are to prevent diseases that are spread through casual contact such as chicken pox. HPV isn't spread through casual contact it is spread from sexual contact. You also argued that this wouldn't be a major loss of decision making power either because a refusal to vaccinate could still be done it would just be fined. This is just another way of saying " if your poor you get vaccinated if you have financial means then you get the choice". People belonging to a racial minority would be the most likely to not be able to afford the fine associated with these vaccines[6] . Creating a public policy that forces minorities to be vaccinated against std's but letting whites choose if they want to be vaccinated or not, would be racist and therefore unfair.It would also insinuate that minorities and poor people need to be vaccinated to protect the wealthy from disease. I would argue that racist public health policies are immoral. Sources [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [2] http://www.uvm.edu... [3] http://www.fda.gov... [4] http://www.fda.gov... [5] http://www.cdc.gov... [6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... Sources from round 2 or that support round 2's arguments [1] http://jama.jamanetwork.com... [2] http://www.cdc.gov... [3] http://seer.cancer.gov... [4] http://www.cdc.gov...