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Originally posted by Adder
Really? 300 bucks per treatment to prevent X number of future cancer cases (that might cost big bucks to treat)?
Would the legislature pass it?
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I think the numbers are such that it might not be so clear. Like, only a few strains out of many are shown to cause cervical cancer, and those strains will only remain in the bodies and potentially cause cancer in a very small number of women who contract that strain. HPV of all strains resolves itself in most people, meaning it just goes away by action of the immune system. So I think RT's point about allocation of resources is quite valid.
Given that my mother died of cervical cancer, I am not opposed to the vaccine, but I don't think it addresses a public health crisis to render it mandatory.
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