Benjamin Ryan
The reason the HPV vaccine is recommended for preadolescent children is that the goal is to get them to finish the sequence *before* they become sexually active. The vaccine is shown to prevent multiple cancers in both men and women. And there is no evidence it impacts sexual
Jennifer Greenberg 🕊️
I’m not anti-vaccine, but it bothers me that my kids’ pediatrician has repeatedly “strongly advised” the HPV vaccine (for STDs). They wanted to give it to my 9YO and 10YO today. I planned to get a new pediatrician last year after leaks of “gender affirming care” and the transitioning of kids by Texas Children’s but I hadn’t gotten around to it yet. I hate “the new normal” and I don’t want it for me or my family.