(October 16, 2015 at 5:12 pm)Mermaid Wrote:(October 16, 2015 at 3:50 pm)alpha male Wrote: I don't doubt that anyone has received it, I doubt that all people indicated by the guidelines have received it. I've asked about it before and, from the lack of answers, think that I'm probably correct, particularly about the men.
The point is that people's words say one thing, but their actions say another, or everyone in the indicated group in countries where it's approved would have gotten it.
Do you have any data at all, or is this just a guess based on some sort of agenda you have?
Gardasil has only been approved for males since 2010.
Here's some US stats:
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/...PqdeH.dpbs
In 2012, only 53.8 percent of 13- to 17-year-old girls had received the first HPV vaccine dose, and only 33.4 percent had completed all three recommended doses.[5] These levels are nearly identical to what was observed in 2011 and fall considerably short of the Healthy People 2020 goal of having 80 percent of 13- to 15-year-old girls fully vaccinated against HPV.
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Immunization rates for U.S. boys are even lower than for girls. Only 20.8 percent of boys ages 13-17 had received at least one dose, and only 6.8 percent had completed the series, in 2012.[7] Though only one year after the ACIP recommendation for boys was issued, this rate of HPV vaccine initiation is substantially lower than that observed for girls in 2007, suggesting the need for concerted efforts to promote HPV vaccination of boys.
So it's likely that we have people here who should have received Gardasil, but haven't.
Why not?