HPV vaccine works. NO WAY!!!!

[SidDithers]

http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2013/04/21/hpv-vaccine-works-no-way/

The HPV vaccine works!

Genital warts in young Australians five years into national human papillomavirus vaccination programme: national surveillance data.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23599298

In Australia, they started vaccinating girls/women against HPV in 2007.

In 2007, 11.5% of women under 21 (age-range most likely to get the vaccine before they were sexually active) were diagnosed with genital warts.

0.85% in 2011.

0% in women under 21 who got the HPV vaccines.

0%.

For women 21-30 (only maybe got the vaccine, and even if they did, maybe after they were sexually active), it went from 11.3% to 3.1%.

For women over 30, there was no drop.

Sid

[zappaman]

1. Very Cool!

And in before the anti-vaxxers start jabbering their nonsense...

[Warren DeMontague]

2. That is good news.

[msanthrope]

3. Science. It can work. nt

[panader0]

4. Compound W

Okay, just kidding

[MissB]

7. Cringe.

Ouch.

[gollygee]

5. My daughter gets the first round of this vaccine pretty soon

And it's something parents of girls this age talk about. I've gotten a surprising amount of crap (well it's been surprising to me) about the fact that she'll be getting this vaccine. From the right, fears that it will prompt her to start having sex early and become promiscuous. From the left, talk about how awful vaccines are. One woman asked me if I was aware that vaccines are made in part from animal products. Do I want my daughter ingesting animal products?!?! I said, well we aren't vegan so she injects animal products pretty regularly. But no, she doesn't think it's the same thing. This mom thought it was much much worse to ingest a tiny tiny bit of some animal product in a vaccine than to ingest large amounts as food.

I do have a few friends who don't vaccinate, and quite a few who won't give this vaccine for one reason or another.

[central scrutinizer]

11. Our daughter got it in 2006

when it first came out - she was 16 at the time.

[MissB]

6. Excellent! Does Australia also vaccinate young men?

Both my boys have had the three shot series. Luckily, insurance covers it. I think it was about $300?a shot without insurance. And given these results, it should be offered free for both.

[SidDithers]

8. I think I read they're expanding the program to include boys...

Excellent indeed.

Sid

[gollygee]

9. That's what I've heard too

More controversy with that though. Should boys take on the risk of the vaccine to potentially protect their future partners? That's the debate I've heard.

[PeaceNikki]

10. Hell yes. Women take many risks and society as a whole should try to use science to combat disease.

Males carry and spread so they absolutely should.

[RiffRandell]

12. My son got it and when my daughter is old enough she will too. n/t

[SidDithers]

13. My daughter had it, administered by a nurse at school, I think in Grade 7...

though, maybe it was grade 6.

I can't recall if my son has had it. He's grade 7 now, so it might be coming up.

Sid