Getting there Larry ... but still confusing some facts (not delibratly, that is not your style)
" Cervical infection with HPV is the primary risk factor for cervical cancer." note the languague. Primary risk does not in any way mean it causes Cervical cancer only that there is higher risk of getting the cancer over other causes if you have a cervical infection with one of 30 out of 80 types of HPV which may be caught as a sexually transmitted disease.
Strewth poor women
Between the bullshit statements by the religous right wing and the propaganda by the drug companies it is going to be hard for ladies to get the correct information.
There was a thread on Ironworks about this a few months back.
The Australian government is starting a vaccination programme for all schoolgirls next year. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
[ 02-21-2007, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: wellard ]