Reply #9: This is odd.. [View All]

[varkam]

From the article:

In it, the FDA says, "The HPV DNA test is not intended to substitute for regular Pap screening. Nor is it intended to screen women under 30 who have normal Pap tests. Although the rate of HPV infection in this group is high, most infections are short-lived and not associated with cervical cancer." (Emphasis added.)

In other words, the FDA knew in 2003 that HPV infections are not associated with cervical cancer. (emphasis added)

That strikes me as really, really bad investigative reporting and a dash of either not reading your source carefully or at all. It's no big scary secret that only a few strains of HPV are known to cause cervical cancer. The FDA was addressing HPV as a class of virus, not the specific strains of HPV. So, the FDA says that most HPV cases are not associated with cervical cancer (which we already know) and Mr. I-want-to-be-an-investigative-journalist-when-I-grow-up takes that to mean that "OMGZORZ!1! HPV DOESN'T CAUSE TEH CANSERS!"

Give me a break.

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I'll go through the rest of it later when I have a bit more time and need another laugh.