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"There is a vaccine for HPV, which is more than 80 per cent effective and available in much of the developed world."

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Men should get this, as well. US CDC doesn't recommending it for boys only because "it is not cost-effective."

Get the vaccine, for yourself and boys. Whether or not you can afford it!

SRC: Dealing with this!

'US CDC doesn't recommending it for boys only because "it is not cost-effective."'

I believe that was true years ago. The current guidelines are for children to get it around age 12.

This is correct. Now recommended for boys and girls. [1]

[1]: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/easy-to-read/adolesce...

Are there any downsides?

It increases the risk of some side effects: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28730271/ .

All medications, including vaccines, have side effects or adverse events. Most are mild or occur in only a subset of the patients. CDC should have some data on their site, including the package insert going over the basics of safety, administration, etc. The think that I remember hearing the most about 15 years ago was POTS. Not sure what they found out about that.

From what I briefly read about the HPV vaccine on the CDC website, it seems _pretty much safe_.

It's recommended in France for boys and girls, and there's a big push to vaccinate your kids from 11 to 14 years old. My son got his shot the other day - 65% of the cost covered by state, remainder by top-up/mutuelle insurance.

Looks like Australia has been giving it to everyone since 2007

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/02/austr...

In addition, there are prophylactics that will protect against other oral sex transmitted pathogens as well. This is really an STD "epidemic" which includes other diseases as well. I wonder if removing risk of some diseases increases recklessness related to the others.

Edit: why disagree about additional protection and legitimate question?

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