Reply #2: Boys can be vaccinated, too [View All]

[Gari]

From the CDC website:

"There are two licensed HPV vaccines, Gardasil® and Cervarix®, available to protect against the types of HPV infection that cause most cervical cancers. Gardasil® was licensed for use in females, age 9-26 years in June 2006 and for males age 9-26 years in Oct 2009. Cervarix® was licensed for use in females age 10-25 in October 2009."

Why are only girls mentioned? More emotionally charged? To me, it's just a simple matter of public health and the only reason the Re-pukes are whipped up about this is because the word "genitals" gets tossed into the explanation of what HPV is.