"Kahan compares the HPV debacle to the relatively smooth rollout of the hepatitis B vaccine...." The following premise assumes that the HPV vaccines (emphasize

"Kahan compares the HPV debacle to the relatively smooth rollout of the hepatitis B vaccine...." The following premise assumes that the HPV vaccines (emphasize plural) consumption was lesser than the HepB vaccine because patients were ignorant and/or it was mismarketed. It does not consider that consumers may have been more intelligent than they give credit for and didn't jump to each vaccine as it was released because they didn't fall for its planned-obsolescence business model or marketing. Those parents who did fall for the marketing would have proceeded thus: 1) inject their child(ren) with the three-vaccine series of Cervarix over a 12-month span. This protects against two HPV strains. 2) Then Gardasil comes out, which protects against two additional strains. Again, 3 doses over a 12-month span. 3) THEN, Gardasil 9 comes out, which adds 5 more strains. Again, 3 doses over a 6-8 month period. So, at this point, a parent with full buy-in to the concept has had administered 9 different HSV vaccine dosings. Yet, there are still more HPV types that are not addressed in any of these vaccines, and the recipient is not protected from any other STD.