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And 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
by JacobAldridge 15y ago
And 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.