And can be transmitted by hands.. And kissing and so on:
The American Social Health Association reported estimates that about 75-80% of sexually active Americans will be infected with HPV at some point in their lifetime.[143][144] By the age of 50 more than 80% of American women will have contracted at least one strain of genital HPV.[142][145][146]
80% is a pretty high number to just say it’s ‘only an STD, don’t worry about it’.
There are hundreds of strains of HPV and the majority are not dangerous. Gardasil is supposed to be effective against four that cause most of the problems, but it’s only effective for up to 5 years. That’s another reason I question the push at 10 & 11 yr olds.
“And can be transmitted by hands.. And kissing and so on”
You are very mistaken.
The following is from the CDC.
When one devises their own definitions for diseases and their origin, the truth has a nasty way of rearing its ugly head.
Anyone defining STD as transmissible through anything other than what the S stands for in that acronym is playing with fire, passing on misinformation. And it is NOT kissing.
on:http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm