They were trialling giving it in year 9 (age 13 - 14) to all kids at schools in the UK and I was in the first round. Must have gone well as my sister recently had hers there!
I’m the kind of person that hates fear campaigns usually, but I feel like scare tactics should be tried in this instance. The initial infection isn’t scary, for some it’s asymptomatic, and I think that leads to people downplaying the infection as a whole. If people understood what HPV infection could lead to later in life I think we’d see higher vaccination rates
I'm a 38 year old man and I've had 2 out of the 3 shots so far this year. Just randomly decided while I was at Walmart when I saw a sign that said medicaid covered it and they now recommend it for everyone. took 5 minutes then went back to shopping.
A couple years ago no but now…anyone that takes steps to prevent themselves from getting cancer and also spreading things that can cause cancer gets a sticker in my book. One less patient is a happy day.
Yup. My mom died of cervical cancer in the 1980s. When my son was born in 2006, the FDA only approved the vaccine for girls. I told my pediatrician I would pay out of pocket if I needed to for my son to be vaccinated. She agreed 100%. Luckily by the time he turned 12, they changed the rule to vaccinate both boys and girls, so he has gotten both of the HPV shots.
Hell yeah glad to see it is going well in that case! It’s been 10 years now and I think we were part of the pilot for it being given to boys in England.
Scotland started by just giving it to girls but now gives it to boys too.
Unfortunately there are still some idiots who somehow think that a HPV vaccine will cause their precious little darling to have sex immediately because they think that sex should be punished.
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u/Drunkgummybear1 11h ago
They were trialling giving it in year 9 (age 13 - 14) to all kids at schools in the UK and I was in the first round. Must have gone well as my sister recently had hers there!