[Muzzle_em]

Isn't this vaccine for HPV?
Boys do get HPV.

[metmom]

Isn't this vaccine for HPV?
Boys do get HPV.

---

See, by vaccinating the boys, too, there's a chance that it would eliminate it from the entire population (like small pox, maybe, sort of,...) anyway, if it were eradicated, there would be no need for the vaccine anymore. By innoculating only HALF the population, that ensures that the disease will always be around, thus requiring a constant supply of vaccine.

How convenient.

[YCTHouston]

If they required it for boys too, though, they'd have to label it as what it is - an STD (genital warts) vaccine.

By requiring it just for girls, it frames the issue around cancer - and who can argue against preventing cancer? It's not public policy, it's brilliant marketing.