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Girls and young women have generally under the age of 26 have rapidly replacing cervical cells.
HPV rapidly infects cells that are constantly dividing. Cervical cells generally do not divide that much as a woman ages.
The thing about HPV is that it's a gateway virus for other more virulent STI's, such as Herpes and HIV.
HPV vaccination may only cover 4-5 strains but it is a first line of defense for those girls and young women to never develop a horrific illness starting in their 30's or 40's or later.
Even though cervical cancer rates are not as high as breast cancer rates, the treatment efficacy is poor with the current chemotherapeutics.
The issue is that determined horny kids will have sex. And more than likely without any condoms or birth control pills...
What is more unfortunate is the number of poor and minority girls and women who have barely any control of their bodies due to piss poor livelihoods and barely concern for their future.
So somehow, maybe this would be safer for these kinds of women or it is a massive sterilization mechanism...
Only time will tell.
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