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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
I think it would be unprecendented to mandate a vaccine to prevent a disease (cervical cancer) you (males) cannot get.
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Perhaps I do not understand the vaccine. I thought it prevented HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer. I didn't think it prevented cervical cancer. Men/boys, as far as I understand, get HPV too and if they were vaccinated it would also protect the women/girls who would be having sex with them.
This is from the CDC:
It is possible that vaccinating males will have health benefits for them by preventing genital warts and rare cancers, such as penile and anal cancer. It is also possible that vaccinating boys/men will have indirect health benefits for girls/women. Studies are now being done to find out if the vaccine works to prevent HPV infection and disease in males. When more information is available, this vaccine may be licensed and recommended for boys/men as well.
BTW: Thanks for enlightening me... And all these years I thought men had cervixes too.