[blcknight]

For some reason not really talked about in mainstream medicine for straight men. It makes no sense. Very safe vaccine and you're eligible into your 40's to get it. Everyone sexually active probably has some strains but not all.

[Avshalom]

the reason is no one realized hpv was connected to much more than cervical cancer until fairly recently.

[londons_explore]

I think we will eventually discover that almost all cancers are caused by viruses, and future healthcare will be all about how to stop the spread of viruses where vaccines don't work well.

[apparent]

Yeah, not everyone.

[QuiEgo]

HPV spreads even when condoms are used - any skin to skin contact can spread it. So yeah, not everyone, but it’s exceptionally prevalent. Luckily most strains are relatively harmless.

[apparent]

It is exceptionally prevalent, but that's not the same as everyone who is sexually active has it. There are plenty of people who do not put themselves at risk prior to getting married and are then faithful to their spouses.

[orwin]

Some strain survive on toilet seats or in sauna/hammams.

[kstrauser]

I despise that line of thinking. It completely ignores incidents of things like date rape. Jane Pristine gets assaulted by her high school boyfriend but doesn’t tell anyone because that’s how it commonly plays out. Joe Angel marries Jane and gets the HPV she got from her ex. Jane dies of cervical cancer. Joe, the widower, marries Jill Virginal and she gets HPV from him.

Not one of them did anything wrong, but all got it. Yes, not everyone who’s sexually active has HPV, but even people abiding by what I assume are the Biblical principles we’re discussing here (because abstinence is nearly only a religious thing and we’re talking about it on a heavily American website) can be affected, even without disobeying the laws they try to follow.

[yieldcrv]

this is a reminder to do a refresher on STDs, the situation for heterosexual men who dont do anal is overpowered. scare campaigns from the early 2000s and 90s arent that full of a story

the things you can get are either

A) benign when caught early. Test 3 weeks after every partner. Take a medication for a week if positive, your next test will be negative

B) can be vaccinated against in advance

or C) condoms don't prevent at all to begin with

D) new HIV infections is faaaar more rare to a hetero man, compared to women and people doing anal. And Prep/Pep has essentially solved that too.

the landscape is different for people being receptacles and their risk profile just has to be different.

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I can understand why districts wouldn't want teenagers to know it this way. That has nothing to do with you.

[chasely]

I was denied the vaccine by my healthcare provider as a man in my mid-20s. Their reasoning being that I was likely already exposed.

It may have been true, but would still have liked to get the vaccine since it covers many multiple strains.

[59percentmore]

IIUC they've been slowly expanding availability over the years. Someone who was denied in their 20s might be able to get it now in their 30s.

[ls612]

This was the case a decade ago but now the US recommendation is that all children, boys and girls, get the vaccine.