99.3% of all cervical cancer in women is caused directly by HPV infection. OB-Gyns are looking at dis-continuing the PAP smear screen if HPV is NOT present. Many low income healthcare clinics have already moved in that direction.
My daughters have had the vacine. It will save many lives.
That doesn’t fit with information posted in links on other HPV vaccine threads.
So you have data to support your statement that that high of a percentage of cervical cancer is directly *caused* by HPV?
IIRC, it’s only certain strains that the vaccine works against.
Eliminating PAP smears is a mistake. They’ll find that out when the lawsuits start coming in.
I think you have to be careful with numbers and Gardasil. First, it only protects against 4 strains of HPV, which are estimated to cause 70% of cervical cancer cases. While that is still quite a few, it is also important to note that there are only about 10,000 cases of cervical cancer per year in the U.S. Of course, if you or a loved one are affected, numbers don’t matter. But exposing millions to a relatively untested vaccine, just to avoid a small chance of cervical cancer seems a bit extreme. Luckily for me my daughter is young enough that there will be much more data available when I need to make this decision.