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what I don't understand is why hpv vaccination isn't given to older people?
by m463 5mo ago
what I don't understand is why hpv vaccination isn't given to older people?
- loeg 5mo agoCost and the statistical property that older people have fewer sexual partners on average. There's also a sort of fatalist assumption that you've already been maximally exposed. If the vaccine was zero cost, you'd give it to everyone.
- mancerayder 5mo agoHow do you define cost here? The medical cost of the vaccine and nurse time? Or the risk to health? I'd pay for it out-of-pocket, even as an old. But I wouldn't know where.
- loeg 5mo agoThe cost of the vaccine and nurse time, yes. If you want to pay for it out of pocket, you totally can. Just ask your PCP.