HPV is so preventable and we have a vaccine, why isn’t it avaliable for everyone everywhere like other vaccines?
True-Award-5901 on
It makes no sense to exclude boys here. They can spread it around and there are some cancers caused by HPV in men as well.
In many western countries they used to recommend it for girls only at first but changed their tune later.
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BaddieRoselyn on
Finally some good news out of India. 42,000 women die every year from cervical cancer there. Love this!
MancyMancy on
HPV is so much worse than people realise. Sure many strains are rather fine but HPV is all but the reason you get so many different cancers. These strains can be solved with the vaccine and its a real shame this is so expensive. The issue is in men HPV often shows no symptoms so even men who are generally not scumbags could unknowingly give a woman HPV.
Edit: Yes its stupid that we apply the vaccine mainly to woman because they are more likely to provide oral sex etc and have more cancer risks when in reality because its harder for men to even know they have it, we should 100% be vaccinating both sides… So that transmission itself goes way down.
ThickkQueeny on
A friend in Bangalore just sent me this. She’s so excited her sister can get it for free now.
missingcarparts on
This is so wonderful! I am an advocate for Gardasil, however it should be offered to boys and not just the girls, everyone would benefit! It also prevents genital worts.
Theradbanana on
This is fantastic! W for India!
shady8x on
HPV causes cancer in men as well, not to mention that they can accidentally infect other men and women since many don’t know they have it. So I hope this is just the start and eventually they are going to provide it to boys as well.
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HPV is so preventable and we have a vaccine, why isn’t it avaliable for everyone everywhere like other vaccines?
It makes no sense to exclude boys here. They can spread it around and there are some cancers caused by HPV in men as well.
In many western countries they used to recommend it for girls only at first but changed their tune later.
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Finally some good news out of India. 42,000 women die every year from cervical cancer there. Love this!
HPV is so much worse than people realise. Sure many strains are rather fine but HPV is all but the reason you get so many different cancers. These strains can be solved with the vaccine and its a real shame this is so expensive. The issue is in men HPV often shows no symptoms so even men who are generally not scumbags could unknowingly give a woman HPV.
Edit: Yes its stupid that we apply the vaccine mainly to woman because they are more likely to provide oral sex etc and have more cancer risks when in reality because its harder for men to even know they have it, we should 100% be vaccinating both sides… So that transmission itself goes way down.
A friend in Bangalore just sent me this. She’s so excited her sister can get it for free now.
This is so wonderful! I am an advocate for Gardasil, however it should be offered to boys and not just the girls, everyone would benefit! It also prevents genital worts.
This is fantastic! W for India!
HPV causes cancer in men as well, not to mention that they can accidentally infect other men and women since many don’t know they have it. So I hope this is just the start and eventually they are going to provide it to boys as well.