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I love this question.
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This question asks us to talk about hpv or the human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine that has been developed, super effective vaccine that everybody should take.
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So i'm just going to give you a bunch of facts and figures you can use in your class discussion about hpv.
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First thing to know, hpv, human papillomavirus, is actually not one virus.
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There are a bunch of different viruses, different strains, different, slightly different little bugs.
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Some of them are more associated with the types of mutations that cause cancers.
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Some of them are more associated with genital warts.
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All of them, though, are bad, and all of them are reduced in the effect that they have in your body if you get the hpv vaccine.
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So you have many different strains of viruses.
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Another thing that you should know is hpv vaccination is most effective and efficient in young people is best for young people.
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It's usually recommended in preteen ages like 10 to 12.
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It is approved officially for as young as nine.
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And if you are able to get it early, if you get it before age 15, you only need two doses.
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If you wait and and get it older, which is sort of the older vaccination schedule or many people delayed, if you get it later, you will need three doses.
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So it's more efficient to get it younger.
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It's better.
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It's also better for anybody who is going to be sexually active.
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This was a huge issue with the rollout of the vaccine.
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There were a lot of people who were resistant saying, oh, my child isn't sexually active, so they're not ready to get a vaccine for an std yet.
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But the idea is you want to get this vaccine long before you're sexually active, whether that sexual activity is oral, anal, or vaginal.
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Any of that will put you at risk, including non -consensual sexual activity, which everybody is at risk for.
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So the earlier that you can get the safe vaccine into your child, the better it is for them...