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Gardasil 9 hits enough of the HPV variants that the rate of cancer-causing HPV infections has fallen by 90% in the US. And that's with the fraction of folks who are anti-vaxxers taken into account. This is one of those diseases where the means to prevent being infected is already in hand.
Why do they only offer it to teens (in the US , from what I've seen)?
Cannabis seems like it isn't all its hyped up to be -- and the $MJ cannabis ETF is down 70% since its 2019 peak.
Yep, cannabis seems like the solution for a lot of random things (various confounding diseases, including depression, etc) until you look at the possible long-term effects. Those are usually conveniently ignored. I get it though. The guy hyping and selling you cannabis is not going to be dealing with your long-term effects in 20 years.
So, if HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, and you are in a monogamous relationship, and you and your partner don't have it, what's to worry about here?
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What are the comparative lifetime risks of being exposed to healing crystals vs. not getting the vaccine?
When you don’t give your child access to western medicine but instead to crystals, the risk is pretty fuxking high .
So, if HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, and you are in a monogamous relationship, and you and your partner don't have it, what's to worry about here?
Apparently about 80% of sexually active people have some form of HPV. Even when people think they don't have it, it's quite probable they do. Statistically speaking, more than a couple people in these comments have some form of it.
Is this related to smoking it or does it not matter if you eat or smoke it?
>... researchers have identified the molecular mechanism activated by the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)... in the bloodstream that accelerates cancer growth...
We should prioritize development and population-wide administration of effective broad-spectrum HPV vaccines, regardless of how marijuana interacts with HPV-caused cancers. HPV is basically the cause of cervical cancer, work towards eradicating this long ignored as benign virus already.
I recently also learned HPV is the cause of the common skin warts! FWIW, Italy, not the most sex-liberal country, started recommending the HPV vaccine for both boy and girls at the 12th year of age a few years back. As per the latest data, 50% of the female 2008 cohort had been vaccinated in 2020, older cohorts sit at 75% (boys at ~40%). Seems it didn't take much to push the numbers up, other than telling people "don…
So, if HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, and you are in a monogamous relationship, and you and your partner don't have it, what's to worry about here?
Rather than "worry," there are a few actionable items -
1) Get your HPV vaccine and encourage others to get theirs
2) Get regular cervical cancer screenings ("pap test") if you have a cervix
3) See a medical professional if you have any symptoms
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Apparently about 80% of sexually active people have some form of HPV. Even when people think they don't have it, it's quite probable they do. Statistically speaking, more than a couple people in these comments have some form of it.
Even for the generations now who grew up with freely-available (but sadly not "matter-of-course") HPV vaccination?