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I got 3 doses of gardasil at 37 in Norway. I do not want to expose women to a potentially deadly virus (plus I’d also like to avoid having penile cancer and mou
by rcruzeiro 1y ago
I got 3 doses of gardasil at 37 in Norway. I do not want to expose women to a potentially deadly virus (plus I’d also like to avoid having penile cancer and mouth/throat cancer myself). If your doctor is seriously advising you against taking the vaccine, you should consult another doctor for a second opinion.
- pyuser583 1y agoI trust my doctor ... he's not some quack. I've looked online (multiple times over the years) and he's simply applying federal guidelines. Family members have died from cervical cancer so I get it. I also made sure my younger children received this vaccine. There a ton of vaccines I could seek out. Why HPV specifically?
- rcruzeiro 1y ago> There a ton of vaccines I could seek out. Why HPV specifically? Assuming you are not commenting in bad faith, my reasons are in my original comment: "I do not want to expose women to a potentially deadly virus (plus I’d also like to avoid having penile cancer and mouth/throat cancer myself)."
- pyuser583 1y agoAnd I really don’t either. Close relatives have died from cervical cancer. I care about it a lot. Ideologically it feels weird, but when the doctor says it’s not recommended, what do I say? I’ve never fallen in the recommended categories. I’ve been to doctors overseas where I do fall in the recommended categories, but even they say to follow the advice off my “home practitioner.” And while I’m at it, how do I generalize the ethics behind this? Which medicines should I ignore doctors advice and take anyway?