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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @08:03AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @08:03AM (#491538)

    Civilization is all about enforcing morality on others. Without that... well, there are some people I dislike, so I'll just kill them.

    To various degrees, your rights normally stop when you mess with somebody else. That includes spreading disease, being unfaithful, and leaving children to grow up without both parents together.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:35PM (#491877)

    Civilization is all about enforcing morality on others. Without that... well, there are some people I dislike, so I'll just kill them.

    So instead you will use the threat of killing them to make them conform to your version of morality.
    You don't really understand what 'civilized' means, do you?