From the report:
“Genital HPV infection also may be transmitted by non-sexual routes, but this is extremely uncommon.”
Transmission from more to less frequent
common: Promiscuous sexual contact
common: monogamous sexual contact with unaware infected partner
less common: oral sexual contact
less common: birth transmission
very rare: hair follicle
possible but unproven: object contact
It strikes me as a Dad, that my daughters have a chance of getting HPV, even if she isn’t sexually promiscuous. This is especially true if she thinks her husband is uninfected but he doesn’t realize he is or has lied about his own promiscuity.
I would worry about my daughters.
In short, I’d accept the immunization and not pursue the opt-out were I a resident of Texas. As it is, I’d recommend the immunization to them.
Since they can be infected through no unethical sexual activity of their own, then they need to be protected.
This does not advocate sexual activity for girls. It advocates caution.
Therefore, both Bachmann and Santorum are wrong. (Palin, too, if she piled on....and her kids would be prime examples of those needing protection.)
Bachmann claims to speak for the “little girls”...well, I speak for my “little girls” and the cancer is worse than Bachmann’s being down in the polls.