Once again, people do die from cervical cancer. Additionally, HPV causes other anogenital cancers and has been linked to oral cancers as well. The people who suffer from these cancers do not find themselves negligible. HPV vaccines have the capacity to save thousands of lives a year. Is there some numerical limit that has to be reached before you consider a tragedy worthy of intervention? Was 9/11 inconsequential because only a few thousand died? I think any of us would have prevented that if we could, and now we have the opportunity to prevent similar death tolls every year and people are acting as if it’s not important enough. ??
From the CDC report in post 228.
Cervical cancer is an uncommon consequence of HPV in women, especially if they are screened for cancer regularly with Pap tests and have appropriate followup of abnormalities
Because genital HPV infection is most common in men and women who have had multiple sex partners, abstaining from sexual activity is the surest way to prevent infection.
Most infections cause no clinical problems and go away on their own.