Boys should be vaccinated against the sexual infection which causes cervical cancer because so few girls have had the jab that protects against it, say campaigners.
Even though boys cannot get cervical cancer, they can contract the human papillomavirus which causes 70 per cent of cases - and pass it on to girls.
Ministers want all girls between the ages of 12 and 18 to be given the jab over the next three years.
But latest figures show only 73 per cent of girls aged 12 and 13 had received the first two of the doses of the vaccine by this January.
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Maybe the only way to keep people safe from dangerous infectious diseases is to reduce the population. Research proves it's the most effective way to reduce the number of cases!
ReplyDeleteSarcasm aside, the principle of 'minimising risk' has been abandoned, mostly because the apathetic unthinking public have let it happen.