Should there be better promotion for men to have the HPV vaccine?

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Permalink Reply by TNT666 on January 27, 2010 at 7:47pm

Vaccinated early and vasectomied @birth: that would solve a huge percentage of problems on earth! ;)

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on April 23, 2010 at 9:56pm

And it rhymes!

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on January 27, 2010 at 10:06pm

If the vaccine is effective at stopping the spread of HPV and is safe, then sure start giving it to boys and girls both. Just add it to measles/mumps stuff so that the religious can't use the insane idea that it makes children promiscuous. It isn't like most kids know what all they are vaccinated for anyways.

Permalink Reply by Anwar Diamante on January 28, 2010 at 5:37am

I agree,
I just think that it is unfortunate that men and women who contract HPV didn't know their options until it was too late. So, no one realizes that they have options until they have genital warts or cancer. So, I think the sooner the better with vaccine. They have vaccines for Hepatitis and so, I feel there should be one for HPV too...

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on January 28, 2010 at 8:09am

If I remember correctly though, there is a chance, a small chance, but a chance nonetheless of catching hepatitis from the immunization.

The power of Wiki:

Hep A vaccine


By using an inactivated virus, there is a slight chance of infection. Therefore, only people at risk should definitely get this one. Hep B though, everyone should get that vaccine.

Permalink Reply by Anwar Diamante on January 28, 2010 at 10:00am

That is and was the main concern of why women were hesitant about being vaccinated.

However, I think folks will risk that, instead of getting genital warts...

Permalink Reply by The Secular One on April 5, 2010 at 10:22pm

You should look into how many people were permanently damaged from the small pox vaccine too.

Permalink Reply by Anwar Diamante on April 6, 2010 at 7:24am

That would be interesting research on the damage that vaccinations have caused in both men and women...