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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: 0.21s | 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. ugh123 ◴[09 Apr 25 23:52 UTC] No.43639231[source]▶
Thats nonsense. Their "recommendation" is based on supply and epidemiological trends, not actual need of the drug. If supply gets constrained, its up to the CDC and drug makers to make more, not to tell the population to limit uptake.

This is why I don't trust CDC guidelines, nor doctors who blindly parrot them without explanation or context.

Sure, check with "your doctor" about the vaccine. If they give you no good reason not to take it, then take it.