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I'm curious. HIV has been largely conquered, so why hasn't HPV been conquered yet? Same goes for shingles.

• cyberax 2mo ago
  You need to use antiretrovirals constantly to control the HIV. It's not worth it for the HPV that is mostly benign (and only rarely causes cancer).
  • jdw64 2mo ago
    thanks!
• TZubiri 2mo ago
  Less resources devoted to curing because of lower lethality
• Perseids 2mo ago
  Adding to my sibling comments: It also has been conquered in some sense of the word. There are effective vaccines for the 9 most problematic HPV types: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine . It is worth getting, regardless of your gender.
  • cubefox 2mo ago
    Gardasil 9 seems to be the best available HPV vaccine. I guess the chewing gum is mainly intended for people who were already infected with some HPV strain before they got the vaccine, or where the vaccine didn't work (because it doesn't offer complete protection).
    • AlanYx 2mo ago
      >Gardasil 9 seems to be the best available HPV vaccine. Only in high income countries. The 4-valent version is still the dominant version available worldwide.
      • cubefox 2mo ago
        For Gardasil 9, some lower income countries also use just a single dose rather than two, due to cost.
• jobs_throwaway 2mo ago
  There's been a lot of failed attempts at therapeutic vaccines and the like, but nothing has proven effective. It seems that the virus is quite hard to detect and target in the skin. That, plus a lack of urgency due to the effectiveness of preventative vaccines, leads to a lack of urgency on the issue.
• kevin_thibedeau 2mo ago
  Chicken pox is conquered. We went from 95% to <1%. Shingles will see a similar plunge.