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I've been through this with medical providers, and they say it's not recommended for me. I don't take medical advice from internet strangers, especially when i
by pyuser583 1y ago
I've been through this with medical providers, and they say it's not recommended for me.
I don't take medical advice from internet strangers, especially when it contradicts my doctors'.
I'm not particularly interested in discussing the how's and why's. My doctor said he doesn't recommend I get it, so I don't.
- SchemaLoad 1y agoIn most countries it's recommended for everyone. It just isn't in the US because they don't want to pay for it.
- pyuser583 1y agoFrom what I have heard, that is true for many, many vaccines. I think it's weird and creepy people are selectively opting into vaccines that are not recommended for them. It feels a bit like those ads that say "bring up Expedia with your doctor!" This isn't a good PSA. Should I be vaccinated against smallpox too? How about anthrax?
- OkayPhysicist 1y agoIf we had as trivial of vaccinations for smallpox, anthrax, and rabies as we have for HPV, I'd collect them all. One fewer risk in my life, and a finite reduction in the risk of everyone around me's life, with no downside at all. 1 pin prick * 340,000,000 people > 340,000,000 people * 6.1 cases of cervical cancer * 0.9 efficacy / 100,000 people Your world view assigns equally negative utility to at most 18,214 shots as 1 case of cervical cancer. Put another way: If you were told you had to either take a shot every day, or you are guaranteed to get cancer, would you really choose the cancer?
- pyuser583 1y agoIf I was told by my doctor I shouldn’t get the vaccine I wouldn’t get it.
- dreamcompiler 1y agoThere is no human alive who has smallpox that you could catch it from, so getting vaccinated for it is pointless unless you think it's likely that some samples in a lab somewhere might escape.