“not my boy!”
not my girl either! There are no long term studies of side effects etc on this vaccine. Not taking the chance on my daughter. HPV is not like smallpox or polio etc; you can take steps to prevent the spread of HPV!
There are only two groups of people at zero risk of being infected with HPV. They are people who have never had sex and people who have had sex with only one person who has only had sex with them. But as to the second group, can you be sure about your partner? I mean really sure? People lie about sex more than just about anything. To their partners, to their doctors and to themselves.
Remember, from the point of view of microbiology you don't just have sex with your partner. You have sex with everyone your partner has had sex with, and everyone they have had sex with...
And condoms are unreliable in preventing HPV.
I feel strongly about this because I diagnose HPV related pre-cancers every day and cancers far too often.
” ‘not my boy!’
not my girl either! There are no long term studies of side effects etc on this vaccine. Not taking the chance on my daughter. HPV is not like smallpox or polio etc; you can take steps to prevent the spread of HPV!”
Interestingly, HPV is one of the STD’s that can be spread by skin-to-skin contact.
Even if a condom is used for the sexual act, external (penile-vulvar) skin contact - rubbing, for example - prior to intromission can transmit HPV. Since HPV is causative in vulvovaginal and penile cancers, the usual “precautions” may not be as effective as we would like.
I have a teenage daughter, and I’ve advised her to get the shot. Not because I think she will have sex. But because of the statistic that says by age 18, 25% of the women will have been abused.
I hope the 25% stat is overstated, but I know a lot of women who claim that they were raped when young, usually by a date. It may not be 25%, but it’s clearly a lot more than 0%.
I have a teenage daughter, and I’ve advised her to get the shot. Not because I think she will have sex. But because of the statistic that says by age 18, 25% of the women will have been abused.
I hope the 25% stat is overstated, but I know a lot of women who claim that they were raped when young, usually by a date. It may not be 25%, but it’s clearly a lot more than 0%.