HPV Vaccine: Mandatory?

[kddani]

You don't even need to have sex in order to get HPV. The people who do "everything but" sex are just as able to get HPV. You don't need actual intercourse to transmit HPV.

What is also scary is that there's no real testing available for men, so men don't even know that they're carrying it.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

Best statement so far made on this thread.

Thank you kindly. Seriously, if you have a good rapport with your doctor, you will find they aren't "on the take" with drug companies and really do tend to give a damn.


As for requiring it, I'd like to see it approved for men and women to really curb the spread of HPV. Or at least these strains of it. No vaccine is 100% but this does not mean that we should stop vaccinating for dangerous diseases.

I don't see requiring it as giving a child permission to have sex. A 9 year old does not need to know that it's preventing an STD, just a virus. And if you've so poorly educated your child that they think that HPV is their only barrier to unprotected, promiscuous sex... well then you have other issues.

I have to see about getting this for myself, and seeing if there's a way to ensure that I haven't already contracted the virus before getting a shot. My odds are very very low but better safe than sorry. I'd rather get the vaccine even if I really don't need it.