Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are nine year old children having sex?

No, but RFK Jr will have made this vaccine unavailable by the time they are, so my 10 yo is fully vaccinated for HPV.

Quite the opposite, he wants to help eradicate, or at least curb, the STD epidemic that is rising exponentially in the last few years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is NEVER TOO LATE to get HPV vaccines.

The only reason there are "age limits" on them is due to insurance companies trying to get out of paying for them.

They use the excuse "If you are x-years old, you MUST have already been exposed, so you won't benefit from the vaccine and we won't pay for it."

But you are NEVER too old to catch HPV and other STDs.

Someone who hasn't slept with an entire football team of people will likely never have been exposed to any HPV, much less the bad ones that can cause illness.

*There are over 200 HPV viruses that have been discovered. Only a few cause cancers, and only a few cause warts. The rest of them are still mostly unknown and humans don't know what they might cause.

Nope. Reality disagrees with your preconceptions.

During 2013–2014, prevalence of any and high-risk genital HPV for adults aged 18–59 was 45.2% and 25.1% in men and 39.9% and 20.4% in women, respectively.

Prevalence of HPV in Adults Aged 18–69: United States, 2011–2014
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db280.htm

Now break that data down by demographics such as race, religion, and income and you will learn more.

Anonymous wrote:You just need one. Most reactions occur after 2 or 3, so I’d def only do one for a girl with auto immune. Most with auto immune histories are overreacters immune system wise so one shot is more than enough immune stimulation for protection.

My daughter got one at 17. I actually hadn’t planned on it and she went to a doctor appt on her own and ended up getting it. I ended up doing research after that and now I’m going to do the same for her sister.

It’s less age and more getting the shot before they are sexually active. My child was not a virgin but her first was with another virgin so I’m hoping it’s ok

This is not how this works. I have an autoimmune disease. Received MMR in childhood. As an adult, my mumps and rubella titers were robust. Measles was zero.

Do not follow this poster’s dumb conventional wisdom.

Anonymous wrote:Are nine year old children having sex?

No, but RFK Jr will have made this vaccine unavailable by the time they are, so my 10 yo is fully vaccinated for HPV.

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids to practice safe sex!!! "Mom, I got my gf pregnant but at least we don't have HPV."
"Mom, I have herpes, but at least I don't have HPV."

ETC.

PRACTICE SAFE SEX. THIS VACCINE IS MEANINGLESS IN THE SCHEME OF STDs.

Herpes doesn’t cause cancer. HPV does. You have the priorities confused.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids to practice safe sex!!! "Mom, I got my gf pregnant but at least we don't have HPV."
"Mom, I have herpes, but at least I don't have HPV."

ETC.

PRACTICE SAFE SEX. THIS VACCINE IS MEANINGLESS IN THE SCHEME OF STDs.

The only safe sex is no sex when it comes to herpes/HSV and HPV, because they can be caught by non-sexual contact and exposure to sores or even non-sores affected areas and even spread by clothing, toiletries, towels, etc.

What does this have to do with practicing safe sex? What do towels, clothing or toiletries have to do with safe sex? Or are you really saying "Don't bother with safe sex -- you can get STDs from towels anyway"???

I'd rather have herpes on my back or thighs from a towel than on my genitals.

Anonymous wrote:It is NEVER TOO LATE to get HPV vaccines.

The only reason there are "age limits" on them is due to insurance companies trying to get out of paying for them.

They use the excuse "If you are x-years old, you MUST have already been exposed, so you won't benefit from the vaccine and we won't pay for it."

But you are NEVER too old to catch HPV and other STDs.

Someone who hasn't slept with an entire football team of people will likely never have been exposed to any HPV, much less the bad ones that can cause illness.

*There are over 200 HPV viruses that have been discovered. Only a few cause cancers, and only a few cause warts. The rest of them are still mostly unknown and humans don't know what they might cause.

Nope. Reality disagrees with your preconceptions.

During 2013–2014, prevalence of any and high-risk genital HPV for adults aged 18–59 was 45.2% and 25.1% in men and 39.9% and 20.4% in women, respectively.

Prevalence of HPV in Adults Aged 18–69: United States, 2011–2014
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db280.htm

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids to practice safe sex!!! "Mom, I got my gf pregnant but at least we don't have HPV."
"Mom, I have herpes, but at least I don't have HPV."

ETC.

PRACTICE SAFE SEX. THIS VACCINE IS MEANINGLESS IN THE SCHEME OF STDs.

The only safe sex is no sex when it comes to herpes/HSV and HPV, because they can be caught by non-sexual contact and exposure to sores or even non-sores affected areas and even spread by clothing, toiletries, towels, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen is up-to-date on everything except HPV. We held off because she is having some autoimmune health issues. What is the latest age you would feel comfortable giving it to your child? I know the later we wait, the more shots she may have to get to be fully protected, but she is willing to do that because her immune system is compromised right now.

Are boys also getting HPV shot to?
Because they’re certainly at risk for throat cancer if they’re doing oral sex. Tell them now.

It will only protect them if they have extremely supple backs.

Look, even if this protects kids from ONE single STD, what about the others? They should have protected sex. Period. No need for this vaccine.

WRONG. HPV can also be transmitted from skin to skin contact from areas not covered by condoms.

Anonymous wrote:Are nine year old children having sex?

Why would you wait until they are having sex and are already potentially exposed?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen is up-to-date on everything except HPV. We held off because she is having some autoimmune health issues. What is the latest age you would feel comfortable giving it to your child? I know the later we wait, the more shots she may have to get to be fully protected, but she is willing to do that because her immune system is compromised right now.

The older you wait, they have to do 3 shots instead of 2. We did them but spaced it out more (the two). I was worried but it ended up being fine. I think there was a fever for a half a day and tired for a day but that was it.

^NOooooo!!!!! Old news.

You only need one total shot now. It’s proven to be fully effective - as effective as the old regimen of multiple shots.

Health guidelines have changed.

If you are in Africa, yes, the standard is one shot. In the US it is still two or three. The "one shot" thing was decided upon in poorer areas to encourage everyone to get at least one dose because realistically in some countries in hard to give it two or three times. This way a mobile health clinic can drive into a village, vaccinated everyone once, and then drive to the next.

No, the study has been replicated and confirmed here as well. A PP mentioned that the committee was supposed to meet to discuss updating the guidelines but then RFK happened. The only reason to get more than one shot now - assuming no sexual contact - is because the guidance hasn't caught up to the science.

Nope. The AAP is continuing to update vaccination guidance independent of the federal government, and they have committed to this publicly. And they have not changed HPV vaccination guidance.

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/32529/AAP-will-continue-to-publish-its-own-vaccine
AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust

Similar positions taken by the AAFP, ACOG, ACP, and IDSA. None of them have changed the HPV vaccination guidance.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/vaccine-policy-us-aafp-aap-acp-acog-idsa-presidents/
We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen is up-to-date on everything except HPV. We held off because she is having some autoimmune health issues. What is the latest age you would feel comfortable giving it to your child? I know the later we wait, the more shots she may have to get to be fully protected, but she is willing to do that because her immune system is compromised right now.

The older you wait, they have to do 3 shots instead of 2. We did them but spaced it out more (the two). I was worried but it ended up being fine. I think there was a fever for a half a day and tired for a day but that was it.

^NOooooo!!!!! Old news.

You only need one total shot now. It’s proven to be fully effective - as effective as the old regimen of multiple shots.

Health guidelines have changed.

Where? Cite please.

+1 I don’t see that anywhere.

It is NEVER TOO LATE to get HPV vaccines.

The only reason there are "age limits" on them is due to insurance companies trying to get out of paying for them.

They use the excuse "If you are x-years old, you MUST have already been exposed, so you won't benefit from the vaccine and we won't pay for it."

But you are NEVER too old to catch HPV and other STDs.

Someone who hasn't slept with an entire football team of people will likely never have been exposed to any HPV, much less the bad ones that can cause illness.

*There are over 200 HPV viruses that have been discovered. Only a few cause cancers, and only a few cause warts. The rest of them are still mostly unknown and humans don't know what they might cause.

Teach your kids to practice safe sex!!! "Mom, I got my gf pregnant but at least we don't have HPV."
"Mom, I have herpes, but at least I don't have HPV."

ETC.

PRACTICE SAFE SEX. THIS VACCINE IS MEANINGLESS IN THE SCHEME OF STDs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen is up-to-date on everything except HPV. We held off because she is having some autoimmune health issues. What is the latest age you would feel comfortable giving it to your child? I know the later we wait, the more shots she may have to get to be fully protected, but she is willing to do that because her immune system is compromised right now.

The older you wait, they have to do 3 shots instead of 2. We did them but spaced it out more (the two). I was worried but it ended up being fine. I think there was a fever for a half a day and tired for a day but that was it.

^NOooooo!!!!! Old news.

You only need one total shot now. It’s proven to be fully effective - as effective as the old regimen of multiple shots.

Health guidelines have changed.

Where? Cite please.