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No, actually, it is like saying there is a vaccine that prevents many cervical cancers. And there is: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-cancer-vaccine/
by mechanical_fish 15y ago
No, actually, it is like saying there is a vaccine that prevents many cervical cancers. And there is:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-cancer-vaccine/WO00120 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-cancer-vaccine/WO0...
If you're a woman under age 26 you should get this at once.
The cited article totally skips over these existing vaccines, of course. Probably someone along the line deleted one too many words from a more factually accurate sentence in the original press release.
- JacobAldridge 15y agoAnd it's increasingly showing value for boys as well - http://www.slate.com/id/2296748/pagenum/all http://www.slate.com/id/2296748/pagenum/all Saddens me that the take up has not been much, much higher, but I have other forums for expressing my views on anti-vaccination liars.
- ahoyhere 15y agoSad to say it but the reason the HPV vaccines haven't been more popular has little to do with anti-vaccination propaganda, and much more to do with anti-sexual-promiscuity propaganda. Lots of people -- including many, many, many women -- think that vaccinating their daughters against HPV will encourage them to be promiscuous and that it is somehow preferable to risk their lives.
- JacobAldridge 15y agoTrue, and from what I understand that's more the case in the US where the 'Abstinence Only' type model is more common (compared to Australia). Given the choice between sex and cancer, I know which one I'd prefer my child to be hiding from me - I'd also much prefer they understood safe sex, as opposed to an all or nothing approach.