It's the calculation for the economic opportunities of vaccinating and not vaccinating and as long as the cost-benefit bottom line for vaccinations of is more preferable to not vaccinating, it makes sense to use it.
Although it seems ethically dubious to do it that way, it is part the normal process for every medicine (and in fact every decision with economic implications).
Think of the radiation treatment for tumor patients. Radiation is quite harmful but it is also harmful for cancer cells. So, you do it as long as it is more likely that the patient survives despite the radiation than the survival rate is without radiation.
The girls (and many others including me for a different vaccine) of course suffer and deserve attention and help. But overall the risk for them was higher without vaccine, it's just that sometimes, the risk becomes relevant.
Of course vaccines need to be improved constantly, but the idea behind it (and that also counts for the one against HPV) is solid.
I thought that was what you were saying.
I cannot agree with you that the idea behind vaccines is solid, maybe you should read some more on the subject.
Vaccines are part of the same money-making machine, just as chemo. You can find on my blog a post on cancer drugs that were proven useless. Giving false hope and terrible side-effects, at a very high price. And I wrote that post because I've witnessed the very drugs mentioned in that study doing nothing but harm.
As for vaccines, there's an incredible amount of documented side-effects and all of the parents would have made the decision not to vaccinate had they been aware of what might happen. But people are not aware of this because the doctors tell them they're safe. Maybe I should write a post someday about the number of doctors in my country that are on the payroll of drug manufacturers. Of course they promote the drugs and vaccines made by those that pay for their 5 stars holidays. Wouldn't you?
Do you really think anybody cares about saving public money through these vaccination campaigns? Nobody in this world gives a damn about public money. It's all about drug manufacturers making more and more money at the expense of us all.