HPV: Vaccine>’Natural’ Infection
Vaccines rock. So many diseases my mom and dad, my grandparents had to deal with, had to fear– I never have to even think about. Viruses I read about in books, like a 5-year-old reads about dinosaurs....
View ArticleThe luxury of anti-vaccinationism
There was some big news last week, that believe it or not, did not involve delusional, myopic, hypocritical bloggers on the internet. FOR REALZ! At the International Papillomavirus Conference, at a...
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CDC recommends HPV vaccine for boys!
The HPV vaccine is one of my most favoritest vaccines. From a public health perspective, its efficacy is unprecedented. From an immunological perspective, learning how the HPV vaccine works is going to...
View Article“Its hard to debate this because its not grounded in evidence or rationality”
File this under ‘Religion has nothing to do with morality’– Some religions have a problem with a vaccine that, when dosed appropriately early enough, virtually eliminates risk of cervical cancer, as...
View ArticleHerd Immunity In Action: HPV Vaccine
Herd immunity– If a lot of people are protected from a pathogen then the people who arent protected, are still protected. The higher the percentage of ‘protected’ people, the better herd immunity...
View ArticleHPV and head/neck/throat cancer
The ‘debate’ over the HPV vaccine has thus far has been a tug-of-war with radical religion/conservative politicians/nutbar anti-vaxers on one side, and the lives of women on the other side. The HPV...
View ArticleHPV Vaccine: DRAT! Foiled again!
Wull… What the hell is the point in a whore vaccine that doesnt turn little girls into whores?? Boy, I hope some scientists are losing their membership in The Evil League of Evil over this: Sexual...
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ERMAHGERD! ERVALANCH! Using ERVs to make better vaccines
This idea… this idea might be absolute genius… Immunogenicity of bivalent human papillomavirus DNA vaccine using human endogenous retrovirus envelope-coated baculoviral vectors in mice and pigs. The...
View Article43.9% of parents dont care if their daughter dies.
*throwsapaperdown* Reasons for Not Vaccinating Adolescents: National Immunization Survey of Teens, 2008-2010 Our findings across 3 years show that, even as clinicians are increasingly recommending HPV,...
View ArticleHPV vaccine works. NO WAY!!!!
The HPV vaccine works! Genital warts in young Australians five years into national human papillomavirus vaccination programme: national surveillance data. In Australia, they started vaccinating...
View ArticleMichael Douglas and HPV
Michael Douglass recently announced that his battle with throat cancer was instigated by HPV. We have known for a long time that males can benefit from the HPV vaccine series. I wrote this back in...
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