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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by LorenPechtel on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:37PM (#46502770)
No, you have an obligation to do the best job you reasonably can with raising children. We generally do not permit parents to do things which pose an undue risk to their children, and most of the exceptions to this involve religion being given a weight it shouldn't get.

Trying to make sex more dangerous to me falls squarely in the realm of child abuse.

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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by electriclove on Monday January 05, 2026 @02:50PM (#46503824)
For a 9, 10, or 11 year old? I'm definitely not encouraging them to have sex. I surely hope we go after actual child abusers than parents who delay or opt-out of this OPTIONAL vaccination for their kids.
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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by LorenPechtel on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:00PM (#46533670)
There's nothing gained by waiting to vaccinate.

The problem here is the do-it-later crowd is going to wait too long. Same thing as we see with sex-ed, knowledge is treated as encouraging when reality says it's exactly the opposite. Honest sex ed leads to later sex and fewer problems.

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