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Antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission

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180 points gnabgib | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 19:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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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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offmycloud ◴[09 Apr 25 22:33 UTC] No.43638758[source]▶
> PSA, everyone should be getting the HPV vaccine, regardless of age and gender.

This is false, please don't take medical advice from an HN post. CDC guidelines do include quite a bit of discussion of patient age. [1]

1. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/hcp/recommendations.htm...

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1. sitkack ◴[09 Apr 25 23:46 UTC] No.43639195[source]▶
Yeah, and masks don't work. If it is recommended for adults aged 45, when you turn 46, it kills you.