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Should boys get the HPV shot too?

Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements, Men's Health

Gardasil, if you've been living under a rock, is the relatively new vaccine meant to protect girls from HPV. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer. It's been nothing if not a controversial vaccine. When its use was approved, some parents cheered, others worried over a vaccine so new. States tried to mandate that girls get the vaccine, but the outcry was so great that that issue is still in limbo.

Now some are asking the question, "Should boys get the vaccine too?" Receiving the vaccine would mean immunity from genital warts for them, but the benefit would be far reaching. Not being infected with HPV would mean they wouldn't pass it on to women during sexual intercourse. Would parents consider giving a vaccine to their sons that would ultimately protect their sons' future girlfriends and wives?

I'm curious to hear from parents of boys. Would you consider giving your sons the HPV vaccine?

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