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from the my-yoga-teacher-says-vaccines-cause-autism dept.
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
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 10 2017, @02:29AM (8 children)
Partner screening with regards to STD and condoms go a long way.
Teenagers will have sex. So you can steer it, but not avoid it. Invite boys that have been screened both for STDs and personality to cockblock the bad boys?
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday April 10 2017, @02:58AM (4 children)
> Teenagers will have sex. So you can steer it, but not avoid it.
Chastity belts are still a thing:
On February 6, 2004, USA Today reported that at Athens airport in Greece, a woman's steel chastity belt had triggered a security alarm at the metal detector. The woman explained that her husband had forced her to wear the device to prevent an extramarital affair while she was on vacation in Greece.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity_belt#Other_occurrences [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2, Informative) by charon on Monday April 10 2017, @03:00AM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @06:37AM
Its probably an S&M thing.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 10 2017, @07:32PM
2004 was a long time ago. We live in modern times now.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 10 2017, @11:34PM
If it saves the husband from HIV etc.. It surely have benefits. Besides from a wife that have a huge backlog of not-for-children.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:57AM (2 children)
Kids don't just live up to your expectations. They also live down to your expectations. You're expecting irresponsible reckless behavior, and so you'll surely get it.
Suppose you supply them with bongs and crack pipes and needles, and you give them a list of dealers with "the good stuff" at decent prices. You've indicated an expectation. Does this make it more or less likely that the kids will become druggies?
(Score: 1) by lonehighway on Monday April 10 2017, @05:27PM (1 child)
They will probably do the opposite because if the parents think it's cool, the children will think it's anything but.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @07:27AM
You speak as if you actually have kids... in contrast to your parent post.