I am also concerned about the sample size. Is 838 really enough of a sample?

Thanks for sharing. By the way, I linked to this post over at Qvisory.

The interesting thing is that of the 838 girls about 150 had HPV. What I just found out is that HPV under some conditions can be transmitted not sexually, and that it can be passed on en utero, what is not clear is how many cases are passed on en utero and if all these cases are discovered in a few years, or if it can be latent up and into the teen years. I will do more reading, but I am wondering if the CDC factored any of this into their results.

Again I know it says radom sampling, but if the ramdom sampling included 10 African-American females and then half had an STD, can we really use that stat to say that it’s truly representative of all African-American girls ages 14-19. I really don’t think so.

I would also like to know how they randomly contacted the girls, if they were compansated, and even though ramdom, I would like to know more about their socio-economic status. I would love to see this survey conducted using a wider sample, and done by someone not trying to push the Merrick STD vaccine agenda. Not to say that the CDC is doing this, but I would like to see more surveys done on this issue.

“[The CDC] also recommends HPV vaccinations for all females aged 11 to 26.”

This vaccine is a cash cow for the pharmaceutical industry. If the vaccine becomes mandatory, it will generate $4 billion a year for Merck (the makers of Vioxx). Serious side effects have been reported and the long term health risks are unknown.

Don’t take my work for it. Read more:

http://www.healthtruthrevealed.com/full-page.php?id=1213395302&&page=article
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/334/7605/1182%20
http://v.mercola.com/blogs/public_blog/Three-Girls-Died–Others-Hospitalized–After-HPV-Vaccine-21325.aspx

And, what the heck does abstinence ‘given as an option’ mean in this context ? Hello ? 838 randomly chosen teenage girls were tested for STD’s. ‘Random’ means whether they are abstinent or promiscuous or had just one tentative experience is not considered when chosen. That gets folded into the results, the abstinent ones would be part of the 3 in 4 girls that did not have STD’s presumably (unless they are not clear on what ‘abstinence’ means…).

I found another article that says that this means that just over 3 million girls have an STD. Meaning that this survey of 838 girls was suppose to represent 12 million girls. Before running off and giving your girls a shot of the Merrick vaccine, here are some things to consider.

The survey was conducted by the CDC. Centers for Disease Control.

First do the figures sound exaggerated?

Where did they find the girls? Where the girls compensated? If the girls were going for some kind of Birth Control or exam, then this means that they were already having sex, or thinking of it, and then are they an accurate sampling of teenage American girls?

[quote]
Researchers analysed data from a nationally representative sample of 838 US girls aged 14 to 19.
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So 838 girls of unknown racial, religious, socio-economic, educational, backgrounds are suppose to represent 12 million American girls ages 14-19. Why am I not convinced?
[quote]It found that nearly half of the African-American girls surveyed had at least one STD, while the rate was 20% among white and Mexican-American teenagers. [/quote]

It says that half of the African-American girls surveyed had at least one STD. This tell me nothing. How many African American girls were surveyed? 10 800? If your sample is too high or too low a percentage of one group, you will get figures that are inaccurate either way. Eg. If they interviewed just 10 African American girls and 5 had an STD then the figures would be correct for the survey, but generally wrong for the larger American population.

Also in America if you are bi-racial and have 1 drop of black blood, in many cases you are still required to consider yourself as African-American. Don’t tell me that did not throw off the figures.

Great so a survey that is suppose to represent 12 million American girls only surveyed African-American girls, white girls, and not even Latina girls, but only Mexican-American girls.

So what happened to Asian girls, Latina girls that are not Mexican-American, South East Asian Indian, Native American, etc. We are suppose to use this sampling to represent all American girls, but not all American girls were sampled?
[quote]Human papillomavirus, or HPV, affected 18% of the girls surveyed, chlamydia 4%, trichomoniasis 2.5%, and herpes simplex virus 2%.
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So if we took out HPV, which I do believe is what is at the heart of this survey and the Merrick agenda to have all girls vaccinated with their STD vaccine, then we have 8.5% with an STD.
[quote]he CDC is recommending annual chlamydia screening for all sexually active women under 25, and HPV vaccines for girls aged 11 to 12, followed by booster injections. [/quote]

I think this is what is at the heart of this survey, and I really think it’s a shame that it seems that the CDC is going to be used to push this Merrick agenda on young girls, but also on some populations more than others, as usual. The drug also may not be fully safe according to the aritcle below.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54713
If the CDC can provide the correct demographics that they used, socio-ecomocic status, religious, etc, that would be a good start. Was there compensation involved?
Without these facts and figures can we truly believe that this was an accurate sampling, and that these figures are truly representative of all American girls between the ages of 14-19?

I think not considering a large demographic of the population seems to have been excluded. Asian, East Asian, Native American, Latina of a none Mexican origin, Middle Eastern etc.

I would love to see this survey done again with a larger sampling, and a using demographics that match the demographics of the American population. Again if we are only using kids that are having sex, or thinking about having sex again what kind of accurate figures will this produce?

But, you know what….maybe the real figure is higher.

Just remember folks, dead people can’t have sex. Wear a wetsuit.