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estebankyesterday at 11:38 PM1 replyview on HN

I'm not a doctor and certainly not an oncologist.

The CDC mentions that not smoking and wearing condoms also lower the risk.

https://www.cdc.gov/cervical-cancer/prevention/index.html

Anecdotally people smoke less thant they uses to. Don't know what condom usage rates have done in the past quarter century.

> I assume that this particular shot is not the only thing that has reduced cervical cancer deaths in women under 30.

Why would you assume that when presented with a study that tracks with long standing belief in the medical community that the HPV vaccine works?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...


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apparenttoday at 2:48 AM

> Why would you assume that when presented with a study that tracks with long standing belief in the medical community that the HPV vaccine works?

Because cancer interventions have moved forward in general?