This is the first cohort of folks that age who were offered the HPV vaccine when they were 12 or 13.

Expect even more dramatic results as that group enters their 30s & 40s.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Boys and men can get this vaccine now as well!! Everyone should get it to help protect against HPV and the associated cancers.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 19 hours ago

its not covered by most insurance though, unless its made nationwide rule.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

I would do it. If I had sex in the last five years.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 15 points 2 days ago

I got the Gardasil shots as a teenage guy in the mid-2000's.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

~~Genuinely curious because I don't know much about HPV, can males carry HPV? Is it implicated in cancers other than cervical?~~

Sorry for my profound ignorance. I didn't take time to think before asking

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I believe that initially they were only able to directly connect the vaccine to fewer deaths from cervical cancer. Something like warts is not deadly so probably not considered.

Then it was recommended that boys also get the vaccine because they can be carriers

However now we know the virus causes other forms of cancer as well. Men are not just carriers but can also have cancers caused by the virus.

[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago

Absolutely. Some of the HPV types are sexually transmitted (there are more than 100 types of HPV), they are the ones that cause cervical (and other) cancers and males can have symptoms, but usually not. In any case, yes, males can transmit HPV.

Here is a link to the information from Health Canada

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Penis cancer is a thing. Yes, males get HPV and are half the problem. HPV also responsible for a lot of throat cancers.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was looking it up myself too, I didn't realize that there are hundreds of HPV variants and is the cause of warts. Seems a little silly now to think it was primarily a virus that only causes cervical cancer.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not so silly and now you know! Thanks for asking the question so others could chime in with info :)

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thanks Velma, I appreciate your understanding! If I were shutting down chuds the same way you do every day, I probably wouldn't have had that same amount of patience with my own question

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Hey I really appreciate that, thank you. I much prefer these types of convos where everyone is respectful and inquisitive.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'd have to pay 150€ per shot because they didn't vaccinate boys when I was underage. Only started doing it 2 years ago :(

And they don't do adults because they've calculated that not enough lives would be saved for it to be financially worth it. The one downside of socialized healthcare.

Now the irony is, the longer I put it off, the less likely it would have any benefit

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious because I don't know enough about the....uk? Is that where you're from?

Mexico has private health providers that one can go to if they want to pay for something the universal healthcare won't cover. Is it similar there?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Estonia, UK uses £

And yes, I can go private, but then it's 150€ per shot (and 3 shots total) for a vaccine that's less and less likely to benefit me or my future partners now that I'm in my 30s. The issue being, the more partners you've had without it, the more likely you already have some strain of HPV, which the vaccine then can't help against.

And if I'd known about all this 4 years ago I would've just gone and gotten it because it's not really a lot of money in my line of work, but 3 years ago I met my lovely ex who put me in enough debt that 150€ (roughly 3000 Mexican Pesos; 3x that for all 3 shots) is actually a considerable amount of money for something that might not even have any benefit anymore (literally because of the same ex in fact - I stumbled upon a real treat. Wasted all of my money, coerced me into taking out a lot of loans AND slept with half the country while we were together).

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks, I knew I had it wrong but asked instead of searching around. I appreciate the info!!

Oof yeah that’s a good chunk of change for something like this. I’m sorry you weren’t able to get it earlier!