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[heresiarch]

AP wire story about Merck's cervical cancer/HPV vaccine proving effective:

Merck: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Effective
http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8D2ONFG2.html

Now we just need one for HSV, and "safe sex" might become more of a reality

Comments

[atalanta]

And HIV!
But cool news.

[heresiarch]

definitely. but i was thinking that at least condoms are supereffective against HIV (like, 100% in some studies), as opposed to Not Very for HPV, which a lot of people still don't realize :(.

[atalanta]

Si.
And which a lot of public education channels still don't mention.

[threadwalker]

Wow. That is good news. Curious- will have to ask my mom about it (she of the Public Health academicness).

[heresiarch]

yeah... i don't know when it will actually come on the market, unfortunately. but being able to make a dent in HPV transmission would be really great.

[whittles]

This is really exciting. Thanks for the info. I know a couple people I need to pass this along to...

[kalischild]

Can I have a witness?

Hellelujah.

[latemodel]

So according to the article, the vaccine must be administered before exposure in order to be effective, meaning that they have to start vaccinating in middle school or high school.

So does this mean I can justify sleeping with 16-year-olds?

[heresiarch]

what, you needed justification? :P