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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/goodnewseveryone/p/2147904/cervical-cancer-deaths-fall-to-zero-in-young-women-given-vaccine

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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[โ€“] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[โ€“] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

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