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pnwmom

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5. Thank you for sharing your story, which is important.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Mon May 27, 2019, 09:02 PM

May 2019

That must have been a frightening experience and I'm so glad you survived it.

There is another alternative besides vaccinating -- or in addition to vaccinating. It's to make sure people know about protection for oral sex just like they know about condoms for intercourse. And the HPV virus isn't the only thing that will be protected against -- so will herpes, HIV, and other infections.

http://www.pamf.org/teen/sex/std/oral/

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My children and I are fully vaccinated. However, not all vaccines are created equal. [View all] pnwmom May 2019 OP

agree, and I am not surprised. demigoddess May 2019 #1

As far as I can see this is a retrospective study. The gold standard is a double blind study. One still_one May 2019 #2

The problem with a double blind study is most of them don't get carried out over the long period pnwmom May 2019 #3

The reason a person should still have regular pap smears as I understand is because the vaccine still_one May 2019 #9

Well, as a 10 year survivor of HPV caused, Stage IV sinkingfeeling May 2019 #4

Thank you for sharing your story, which is important. pnwmom May 2019 #5

Doesn't surprise me. This vaccine moved through pretty fast, Ms. Toad May 2019 #6

I remember that. There was some Texas governor who tried to make it mandatory pnwmom May 2019 #7

i saw this, and find it odiferous. mopinko May 2019 #8

I don't see how you equate "safety" with "lower change of pregnancy". brooklynite May 2019 #10

If it happened to be causing ovarian failure in young women, then it wouldn't be safe. pnwmom May 2019 #11