Really? I think the number of 40 year old virgins is so low as to be statistically insignificant. According to this Psychology Today blog article, only 5% of men and 2% of women are still virgins at age 25. And when they are still virgins, it's either because they are homosexual, or because they are so socially awkward that they cannot establish a relationship with members of the opposite sex. According to the blog, their continued virginity is not a source of pride, but of overwhelming shame.
This is a good place to stick in my personal opinion, based in years of observation without any statistical analysis, that most homosexuality is not based on same-sex attraction, but on deep-seated fear and discomfort about intimacy with the opposite sex.
Vaccines are a good thing. They can have side effects. As a poster mentioned Guillan-Barre is one ( usually associated with variants of swine flu vaccines) HPV vaccines should be a parent’s choice for their child after thought and discussion. Children, even teenagers are the responsibility of parents not the government.
According to a recent study, the only vaccine ever found to be associated with "a small but significant increase" in GB was the 1976 swine flu vaccine. My scientific opinion is that the association was a statistical aberration, because a certain percentage of statistical relationships (usually 5%, it depends on the significance cut-off, or P-value, used) are not real and only appear because of a coincidental data set.
As far as I can tell, the opposition to HPV vaccination is a poisonous mixture of the usual anti-vax tropes, mixed with moral indignation (aimed only at girls) that they will become sexually active at some point. And I see that as something that needs to be combated, not supported. Lives are at stake here.
My husband and I were both virgins when we married in our mid twenties, we were not socially awkward or homosexual. To suggest such a thing to people who live according to their values is truly insulting. There really are people who wait to have sex until they are married, why not congratulate them instead of labeling them as somehow deviant.
As a scientist I’m sure you realize that personal observation without statistical analysis is meaningless.
Tell me do you think that HPV vaccine should be mandated by the government?
You wrote: "when they are still virgins, it's either because they are homosexual, or because they are so socially awkward that they cannot establish a relationship with members of the opposite sex."
You're entirely wrong. People who wait for marriage are the type who have self-confidence, self-respect, and respect for others. They know they are attractive and a "good catch," and they have common sense. Or, they may be committed to living a life in accordance with their faith. That's why they do not feel the need to sleep with each other outside marriage.
On the other hand, people who sleep around outside marriage do so because either (1) they have insecurities or (2) they don't respect other people or (3) they lack self-control or (4) they're lonely and desperate or (5) they simply make a mistake.
Sure, there are exceptions to every rule. But social awkwardness never stopped anyone. That's pure myth. A man who's socially awkward can simply pay for the service, if he wants to. And a woman who's socially awkward will have no trouble finding plenty of men willing to use her.