This also protected students from a communicable disease, because students have sex with each other.
I disagreed with making it a mandatory vaccine for school, but it’s silly to pretend that students at school don’t hook up and have sex, or that having them vaccinated won’t save lives and prevent the transmission of a virus that will seriously impact the rest of their lives.
So you favor breathing apparatus and lifevests for bathtubs and swimmers? These will save lives by preventing drownings.
Cervical cancer deaths about 4000 per year in America, drowning deaths around 3500 per year.
Should we mandate floaties and scuba tanks with working regulators for all swimmers? If not why not.