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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, Insightful) by charon on Monday April 10 2017, @02:58AM
I'm sure if we wait a while, my favorite AC will drop by and tell you if you slap your kids around enough they won't dare have sex for fear of your wrath.
But while we're waiting, I'll point out that human teenagers have been having sex for... oh, round about 200,000 years, and parents haven't figured out how to stop it yet. It's not degeneracy, it's being a living organism. (Oh, those slutty protists [wikipedia.org], always fucking like the wanton strumpets they are). Having them go about it slightly intelligently and with protection from life ruining consequences is the best we can hope for.