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shevy-java 9 hours ago

> Unless you plan to remain completely celibate

You can get HPV without sex too.

https://www.cdc.gov/sti/about/about-genital-hpv-infection.ht...

"HPV is most commonly spread during vaginal or anal sex. It also spreads through close skin-to-skin touching during sex"

This focuses on sex, but any virus that can be found on skin, also has a chance to be transmitted without sex just as well. Admittedly the chance here for HPV infection is much higher with regard to sex, but not non-zero otherwise. The HeLa cells also contain a HPV virus in the genome, though this was probably transmitted via sex:

"The cells are characterized to contain human papillomavirus 18 (HPV-18)"

HPV-18. I think HPV-18 may in general be more prevalent than HPV-16.

downrightmike 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Foot warts are HPV, like from the Gym locker room

odie5533 3 hours ago | parent [-]

But they are not HPV16/18 and so not covered by this vaccine.

tiahura 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There is some clinical evidence of other strain effect. See pediatric dermatology article from a year or two ago.