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SchemaLoad 4 days ago

In most countries it's recommended for everyone. It just isn't in the US because they don't want to pay for it.

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pyuser583 4 days ago | parent [-]

From what I have heard, that is true for many, many vaccines.

I think it's weird and creepy people are selectively opting into vaccines that are not recommended for them.

It feels a bit like those ads that say "bring up Expedia with your doctor!"

This isn't a good PSA.

Should I be vaccinated against smallpox too? How about anthrax?

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OkayPhysicist 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

If we had as trivial of vaccinations for smallpox, anthrax, and rabies as we have for HPV, I'd collect them all. One fewer risk in my life, and a finite reduction in the risk of everyone around me's life, with no downside at all.

1 pin prick * 340,000,000 people > 340,000,000 people * 6.1 cases of cervical cancer * 0.9 efficacy / 100,000 people

Your world view assigns equally negative utility to at most 18,214 shots as 1 case of cervical cancer.

Put another way: If you were told you had to either take a shot every day, or you are guaranteed to get cancer, would you really choose the cancer?

	▲	pyuser583 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		If I was told by my doctor I shouldn’t get the vaccine I wouldn’t get it.

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dreamcompiler 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

There is no human alive who has smallpox that you could catch it from, so getting vaccinated for it is pointless unless you think it's likely that some samples in a lab somewhere might escape.