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Naaman Zhou at The Guardian writes that Australia's free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in schools has been highly successful. The International Papillomavirus Society calculates that within 40 years, the number of new cases of cervical cancer will become nearly negligible.
HPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted infection that causes 99.9% of cervical cancers. In 2007, the federal government began providing the vaccine for free to girls aged 12-13 years, and in 2013, it extended the program to boys.
Girls and boys outside those ages but under 19 can also access two doses of the vaccine for free. In 2016, 78.6% of 15-year old girls and 72.9% of 15-year old boys had been vaccinated.
As a result, the HPV rate among women aged 18 to 24 dropped from 22.7% to 1.1% between 2005 and 2015.
Eradication is still a few decades out but within reach. The vaccinations are backed up by more advanced cervical screening tests, which are themselves highly successful in detecting high-risk HPV infections before they turn really bad.
Source : Australia could become first country to eradicate cervical cancer. The Guardian
(Score: 3, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:27PM
No. VLM is a radical reactionary. He's authoritarian, intolerant and is unable to understand or empathize with others.
I am a conservative, because I want to maintain the ideals of liberty, freedom of expression and making the ideals of equality of opportunity and equality under the law as expressed by our forbears apply to everyone, regardless of their melanin content, ethnic/religious background or philosophical bent. All of which makes me center-left. That's conservatism -- striving to maintain the ideals of our society.
Sadly, the radical reactionaries have appropriated that term for themselves, even though it's doesn't represent their beliefs and goals.
What VLM advocates is exclusionary, authoritarian, repressive and hateful. Which makes him a bigoted, far right, nativist [wikipedia.org]. That's not conservative. Rather it's destructive and advocates moving away from our ideals, not preserving them.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr