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Every-time the HPV vaccine stuff comes up there’s a ton of old guys bragging about how they got it AMA. This doesn’t make you seem like a good person. It makes

Every-time the HPV vaccine stuff comes up there’s a ton of old guys bragging about how they got it AMA. This doesn’t make you seem like a good person. It makes you seem like you don’t trust public health officials. I had this conversation with my doc. He said dont get it. Going around that doesn’t make me a good person, it makes me dumb. Don’t listen to what a forum says. Listen to your doctor.

lolc 4mo ago
I was lucky my pharmacist didn't listen to my doctor when I showed up with a prescription for a misdiagnosed disease. Would have delayed getting effective treatment for a life threatening disease. If I'd read forums I could've spotted it too. Don't just listen to your doctor.
- pyuser583 4mo ago
  Was your doctor following clearly and rigorously established medical guidelines? If you think your doctor has screwed up talk to another doctor or the pharmacist. That’s legit. But deciding you need a vaccine the guidelines say you don’t is a different matter. That’s just drug seeking. People close to me have died from cervical cancer, so I’d love to be part of abolishing it. And by following vaccine guidelines that’s exactly what I’m doing. I encourage everyone else to follow the guidelines too - don’t home brew this shit!
Krssst 4mo ago
I'd be curious to see how much the decision to not recommend it in older people is "cost / benefit" ratio (the vaccine is expensive and if you say it may be slightly useful you might be putting pressure on yourself (as a government agency) to reimburse it even if the money would be better spent elsewhere) and how much is "actual risk (including getting hit by a truck on your way to the doctor) / benefit" ratio. I don't know of significant side-effects of the HPV vaccine, though my understanding was that there was some misinformation going around when the first vaccine became available which may have made governments more cautious regarding rollout. I don't know much at all about this topic however so this comment is likely full of mistakes.
- pyuser583 3mo ago
  I was initially going to “educate myself” about this but my doctors said “stop.” For a man above 45 the answer is simply, “no.” Very few people understand why. It’s complicated, requires lots of math, and most doctors don’t care. You trust them or don’t. Take it or leave it. Yes or no. This was long before COVID.
seattle_spring 3mo ago
I see one single comment from a person who self-identifies themselves as a 50yo male. Nothing in his comment could be reasonably interpreted as "bragging." Where are you seeing "a ton of old guys bragging"?

lolc 4mo ago

I was lucky my pharmacist didn't listen to my doctor when I showed up with a prescription for a misdiagnosed disease. Would have delayed getting effective treatment for a life threatening disease. If I'd read forums I could've spotted it too. Don't just listen to your doctor.

pyuser583 4mo ago
Was your doctor following clearly and rigorously established medical guidelines? If you think your doctor has screwed up talk to another doctor or the pharmacist. That’s legit. But deciding you need a vaccine the guidelines say you don’t is a different matter. That’s just drug seeking. People close to me have died from cervical cancer, so I’d love to be part of abolishing it. And by following vaccine guidelines that’s exactly what I’m doing. I encourage everyone else to follow the guidelines too - don’t home brew this shit!

Krssst 4mo ago

I'd be curious to see how much the decision to not recommend it in older people is "cost / benefit" ratio (the vaccine is expensive and if you say it may be slightly useful you might be putting pressure on yourself (as a government agency) to reimburse it even if the money would be better spent elsewhere) and how much is "actual risk (including getting hit by a truck on your way to the doctor) / benefit" ratio. I don't know of significant side-effects of the HPV vaccine, though my understanding was that there was some misinformation going around when the first vaccine became available which may have made governments more cautious regarding rollout. I don't know much at all about this topic however so this comment is likely full of mistakes.

pyuser583 3mo ago
I was initially going to “educate myself” about this but my doctors said “stop.” For a man above 45 the answer is simply, “no.” Very few people understand why. It’s complicated, requires lots of math, and most doctors don’t care. You trust them or don’t. Take it or leave it. Yes or no. This was long before COVID.

seattle_spring 3mo ago

I see one single comment from a person who self-identifies themselves as a 50yo male. Nothing in his comment could be reasonably interpreted as "bragging." Where are you seeing "a ton of old guys bragging"?