[Gabz]

There is a HUGE difference between the means of contracting polio and contracting HPV.

If you don’t understand the difference, I feel sorry for you.

[Panzerfaust]

So how huge is the difference? If we can prevent a communicable disease with a vaccine that provides an acceptable risk/benefit ratio, should we not do it? Oh, sorry, I forgot that no Freeper's little angelic kids have unprotected sex. Nor will they ever marry someone who had unprotected sex.

If HPV can cause cervical cancer, I'd mandate a vaccine against it long before the already-required vaccines for nuisance diseases like chicken pox or the measles, which are rarely fatal.

The original post I responded to was so ludicrous in its paranoia, I thought my sarcasm would be evident. Next time I'll add the /sarc tag.l