Comments on: Politics in Minnesota 2.1.2008 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765#comment-140109 Elizabeth Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:01:00 +0000 #comment-140109 But, if we make HPV vacs mandatory, there won't be any incentive for kids to wait until marriage for sex!<br /> <br /> I hope they can do more studies on HPV vaccination in males--it will certainly help cut down transmission if they can get it, too (not to mention gay men and anal cancer due to HPV).<br /> <br /> I just barely made it age-wise for my HPV vacs to be covered by insurance. But, if we make HPV vacs mandatory, there won’t be any incentive for kids to wait until marriage for sex!

I hope they can do more studies on HPV vaccination in males–it will certainly help cut down transmission if they can get it, too (not to mention gay men and anal cancer due to HPV).

I just barely made it age-wise for my HPV vacs to be covered by insurance.

]]> By: kc! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765#comment-140089 kc! Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:47:09 +0000 #comment-140089 I think they should require the shot. It would have saved me a lot of time, money and stress if I would have had it. HPV led to me getting quarterly paps, a biopsy and a couple major freakouts back in 2002.<br /> <br /> And HPV isn't your normal STD. Basically, condoms don't protect you and many, many people have it. You can actually get it from your mom when she gives birth to you, so some are screwed from day one.<br /> <br /> And so, if you are out there and young enough to get the shot and plan on having sex with anyone, ever, who isn't a virgin, go get the shot. I think they should require the shot. It would have saved me a lot of time, money and stress if I would have had it. HPV led to me getting quarterly paps, a biopsy and a couple major freakouts back in 2002.

And HPV isn’t your normal STD. Basically, condoms don’t protect you and many, many people have it. You can actually get it from your mom when she gives birth to you, so some are screwed from day one.

And so, if you are out there and young enough to get the shot and plan on having sex with anyone, ever, who isn’t a virgin, go get the shot.

]]> By: wayno http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765#comment-140081 wayno Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:41:08 +0000 #comment-140081 hooray for another section 42 article! my favourite section of the tax code!<br /> <br /> also, thanks to section 42, my rent increase from back in december ($15 again this year) got DECREASED by $10 because of how much (or rather how little) I make! So my rent only went up by $5 for this year and I get $20 in credit for my last two months of rent where I've overpaid.<br /> <br /> Hooray! hooray for another section 42 article! my favourite section of the tax code!

also, thanks to section 42, my rent increase from back in december ($15 again this year) got DECREASED by $10 because of how much (or rather how little) I make! So my rent only went up by $5 for this year and I get $20 in credit for my last two months of rent where I’ve overpaid.

Hooray!

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765#comment-140072 mnblrmkr Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:37:59 +0000 #comment-140072 <em>It blows my mind that the health department is not "recommending" this shot. Such an easy way to help prevent a terrible cancer.</em><br /> <br /> $$$. If the Health Department were to recommend it, They'll need to start covering the cost as part of their vaccination programs. It blows my mind that the health department is not “recommending” this shot. Such an easy way to help prevent a terrible cancer.

$$$. If the Health Department were to recommend it, They’ll need to start covering the cost as part of their vaccination programs.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765#comment-140061 justpbob Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:28:32 +0000 #comment-140061 As I said in the Open Fly Thread, the headline "Cleaner power plant yields higher costs, more emissions" on the link is rather misleading.<br /> <br /> Higher costs for natural gas, yes, but not neccisarily for the consumer. More emissions? No. Even with the Rock-Tenn plant turning to fuel oil, the net reduction in emmisions is 40% from the days when the High Bridge plant used coal instead of natural gas.<br /> <br /> As I said in the Open Fly Thread, the headline “Cleaner power plant yields higher costs, more emissions” on the link is rather misleading.

Higher costs for natural gas, yes, but not neccisarily for the consumer. More emissions? No. Even with the Rock-Tenn plant turning to fuel oil, the net reduction in emmisions is 40% from the days when the High Bridge plant used coal instead of natural gas.

]]> By: mb21 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11765#comment-140059 mb21 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:25:14 +0000 #comment-140059 It blows my mind that the health department is not "recommending" this shot. Such an easy way to help prevent a terrible cancer. It blows my mind that the health department is not “recommending” this shot. Such an easy way to help prevent a terrible cancer.

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