My neighbor won't let her kids get it because of a weird mix of antivax sentiment that sprang up when Biden became president - and also because HPV can be sexually transmitted and she doesn't want her kids having premarital sex.

Could you imagine getting cancer because your mom is a moron? Those poor kids.

I was actually disappointed when they did the initial rollout and it wasn't available to boys (see, those without uteruses). Cause, like, that's how vaccines work best. You get it to protect everyone, not just yourself. But I guess that's not how the medical industry is designed.

I was 12 at the time and confused why I couldn't get it. Anyways, I got it the first year it was available to me. Hurt like all hell, especially that last shot.

I knew very little about HPV until I became symptomatic last summer. I had just turned 39 and had an extremely painful and difficult few months dealing with it. I'm now vaccinated and see a proctologist every few months to manage minor ongoing symptoms.

Talk to your doctor about getting the vaccine if you haven't already! It's super common and can be extremely unpleasant to catch. And if you care about the AFAB partners in your lives, get the vaccine to protect them! There is no test for men to determine if they have HPV unless they are symptomatic, and you can be a carrier for years before symptoms show, if they ever do!

It's been available for males for 20 years

Can't wait for them to try and outlaw this and try to frame it as some sort of gift to women.

Religious thinking is a scourge on humanity.

I think this vaccine was especially upsetting for right wing folks, since it is for a sexually transmitted virus, and works best if given to people before they become sexually active. Telling God-fearing Christians that they need to vaccinate their pre-pubescent girls for sexually transmitted diseases was always going to be a tough fight.

They raised the age limit up to 45, so it's possible that you can get one now.

The limits were much lower when it first came about.

What site did you read it from? The thread for me has a BBC News link, for all the faults with the BBC, their websites are very clean and functional.

Research has shown that the HPV test may lead to inconsistent results with men. This is because it is difficult to get a good cell sample to test from the thick skin on the penis. Most people will not have visible symptoms if they are exposed to HPV. Therefore, for most, the virus is subclinical (invisible). This is especially true for males.

If a male is exposed to the cell-changing types of HPV, he would be unlikely to have symptoms. If there are no symptoms for males, it is hard to test for it. https://www.ashasexualhealth.org/what-men-should-know/

Getting vaccinated is the best option for men for a variety of reasons.

That’s incorrect, the vaccine has been available for boys and men for a couple decades at this point. In fact, the vaccine helps prevent cancers, like throat and anal, in boys and men directly!

Huh? The BBC is a UK news site (not really sure what 'shilled' means, but anyway.) In the UK "a jab" is perfectly normal and not remotely negative vernacular for getting a vaccination. As in "I'm going to the doctor to get my jabs for my holiday to Timbuctoo" or "damn that scratch is deep, lucky I've had my Tetanus jab", or whatever.

I've never had any negative associations with it. I always assumed it was a common British word like boot or crisps.