HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence from 16% to <1% in Denmark

Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by cassepipe on Friday January 02, 2026 @06:12PM (#46470667)

I understand why it wouldn't be recommended in policy but individually, provided you are rich enough to waste a hundred bucks, worse case is it's useless, best case you are 1-5% likely to spread a bad strain dangerous to yourself or to your partners, right ?

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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by timr on Sunday January 04, 2026 @04:29AM (#46486420)

It's your body, and you can do whatever you want (assuming someone will consent to give it to you), but the worst case is that you have a bad reaction. It's rare, but not impossible, and things like GBS do happen -- though it must be emphasized that these vaccines are extremely safe by any reliable form of measurement [1].

But that's the general response to any question of this form. Medical treatments carry risk, however small. There is no free lunch.

> best case you are 1-5% likely to spread a bad strain dangerous to yourself or to your partners, right ?

I don't know where you're getting this number. I don't think anyone knows the actual answer to this question.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4964727/

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