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minus-squareZaraki42@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 hours agoMy spouse just went through cervical cancer. The vaccine that prevents it is the HPV vaccine. However, it needs to be administered before the age of 14 for it to be effective for the rest of your life. Apparently, 75% of the population has an HPV. Sooooo… yeah.
minus-squarereabsorbthelight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoIt can be administered at anytime. It’s usually given at 14 because most people aren’t sexually active before then. If you are older, it can still help. If you are a man without contact with HPV, you could become immune. I could be wrong, but I got it at 30 even after having partners.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoIt wasn’t required for millennial men to get the vaccine. It’s only recently they started pushing for everyone to get it.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·44 minutes agoThere was also a lot of scare-mongering when it was introduced. My parents’ church said that HPV was punishment from god for casual sex, and the vaccine would guarantee I’d go to hell, so they didn’t let me get it.
My spouse just went through cervical cancer.
The vaccine that prevents it is the HPV vaccine.
However, it needs to be administered before the age of 14 for it to be effective for the rest of your life.
Apparently, 75% of the population has an HPV.
Sooooo… yeah.
It can be administered at anytime. It’s usually given at 14 because most people aren’t sexually active before then.
If you are older, it can still help. If you are a man without contact with HPV, you could become immune.
I could be wrong, but I got it at 30 even after having partners.
It wasn’t required for millennial men to get the vaccine. It’s only recently they started pushing for everyone to get it.
There was also a lot of scare-mongering when it was introduced. My parents’ church said that HPV was punishment from god for casual sex, and the vaccine would guarantee I’d go to hell, so they didn’t let me get it.