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Around 42% of American Adults Have HPV, Over 20% Have Cancer-Causing Form

posted by on Sunday April 09 2017, @10:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-yoga-teacher-says-vaccines-cause-autism dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

More than 42 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 are infected with genital human papillomavirus [HPV], according to the first survey to look at the prevalence of the virus in the adult population.

The report [pdf], published on Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that certain high-risk strains of the virus infected 25.1 percent of men and 20.4 percent of women. These strains account for approximately 31,000 cases of cancer each year, other studies have shown.

Two vaccines are effective in preventing sexually transmitted HPV infection, and researchers said the new data lend urgency to the drive to have adolescents vaccinated.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/health/hpv-virus-survey-united-states.html

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:02AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:02AM (#491407)

    The idea of vaccines was hijacked by the medical establishment to infect us with who knows what. Daily they develop new strains of cancer to infect us with, and diseases that weaken and destroy our genes.

    The double-snake symbol represents the secret societies that control all medicine. Cancer (of all forms) was cured in the 60s, and none of those in establishment get cancer. Ever wonder why?

    And I agree, surgical masks cannot fix what your food has been infected with, what your water has been polluted with, what your detergent does to your skin...

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @02:44AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @02:44AM (#491459)

    Hey! Quit hogging the good shit!

    Puff puff PASS, dammit! You've had enough!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @03:23AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @03:23AM (#491487)

      Call me when Clinton, Bush, Bama, etc gets cancer and dies from it after months and years of agonizing pain (I wish!).

      • (Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday April 10 2017, @03:46AM

        by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Monday April 10 2017, @03:46AM (#491492)

        Steve Jobs was not Elite enough?

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday April 10 2017, @07:08PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Monday April 10 2017, @07:08PM (#491844)

        The U.S. medical system is the best on earth...as long as you're filthy rich. Our mistake is not being rich enough.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 10 2017, @07:26PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 10 2017, @07:26PM (#491867) Journal

    The double-snake symbol represents the secret societies that control all medicine.

    The double-snake symbol is the symbol of . . . wait for it . . . commerce.

    The single-snake symbol is the symbol of medicine. Funny you don't see this one.

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