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09 June 2006

That was quick. It took less than 24 hours for the media to start fueling the debate over the HPV vaccine.

post by: mudpuppie at: 14:35 | 8 comments

"infecting up to 80 percent of women by the age of 50"

I'm no math major, but from the sounds of it, I'd wager that a pretty hefty chunk of the anti-HPV vaccine lobby could be infected themselves.

fucktards.

posted by pieisexactlythree 09 June | 15:34

I love the "Well, if you just don't have sex, nothing bad will ever happen to you" school of thought.

Maybe they could start this as a campaign for protecting young virgins from rape complications. Even Bill Napoli seemed OK with letting raped virgins have abortions; maybe they're allowed to be vaccinated, too.

posted by occhiblu 09 June | 16:15

Considering the vaccine is also effective against some warts I sure hope they hurry up with the testing on males.

posted by Mitheral 09 June | 16:17

Whatever you do, do NOT Google for pictures of genital warts.

posted by deborah 09 June | 16:38

So would there be any benefit to an adult getting this vaccine? It said it was available for people under 26, because 80% of people would already be exposed by the age of 50. But what if you're maybe one of the 20% and you would like to not get exposed in the next 10 years?

posted by matildaben 09 June | 17:07

Whatever you do, do NOT Google for pictures of genital warts.

Oh. My. GOD.

posted by AlexReynolds 09 June | 17:31

OK, that. is. so. gross.

posted by muddgirl 10 June | 12:59

I told ya not to do it.

posted by deborah 10 June | 13:29

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