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sitkack ◴[09 Apr 25 19:49 UTC] No.43636938[source]▶

PSA, everyone should be getting the HPV vaccine, regardless of age and gender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine

https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/wh...

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/oropharyngeal-cancer.html

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basisword ◴[09 Apr 25 21:03 UTC] No.43637969[source]▶

>>43636938 #

I know very little about this so excuse me if this is a stupid question. In my country all teenage girls have been getting the vaccine for at least the last 15-20 years. Therefore all of the women I'm likely to sleep with are vaccinated. Does it still make sense as a man to get it?

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1. bawolff ◴[09 Apr 25 21:21 UTC] No.43638141[source]▶

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Vaccines aren't 100% effective.

I'm not sure what the effectiveness of the hpv vaccine is, but if it was 95% effective (totally made up number, i dont know what the real one is), then there is a 1 in 20 chance it wont work for someone. If both of you have the vaccine then the chance of both failing would go down to 1 in 400.

That seems worthwhile to me, given there is basically no downside.

(I guess this doesn't account for the affects of herd immunity)

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