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CDC: Young People Account for Half of All New Sexually Transmitted Infections
February 14, 2013 - After years of sex education in the nation's public schools, a new report indicates that many young people are not listening or learning how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

 

Actually, the answer is to have 100% compliance with a vaccine that protects against HPV. If we had that, within a generation or two (because it must be administered at a young age to be effective) there would be ZERO HPV-caused cancer. But, largely due to objections by social conservatives who feel like the actual elimination of STD's is bad because it might make people have more sex, we are only vaccinating about 35%. They would rather people get a disease than cure it, if the cure leads to more sex, and they are despicable because of it.

 

Nice attitude you've got there. A deadly disease is a good thing, because it might influence people to behave in the manner in which I think they should behave.

 

Not at the time. But most humans eventually have sex with other humans, and while I'm sure there are still some people are virgins on their wedding day, I suspect they're rarer than a snow storm in Mexico. HPV is incredibly common, and usually completely benign with no symptoms whatsoever. But in a small number of cases, it causes cancer. We wiped Polio off the face of the planet with universal vaccination. We could do the same with HPV, but for some stupid reason, we're choosing not to.

 

You are, in all likelihood, too old to take the vaccination. It's ineffective above a certain age. But there is no reason that all present and future kids of the proper age should not be vaccinated, at least until some future date when it's eradicated. When I was born, I got a small pox vaccine, and I have a scar on my shoulder to prove it. You probably did, too. But they don't do that anymore, because there is no more small pox to worry about.

 

Yes, most humans have sex. And yes, HPV is common. Those are both great arguments to persuade people to voluntarily get the vaccine if they plan on being sexually active. They are not arguments, however, that in anyway refute the principle that people should not be forced to take a vaccination against their will. Most humans that eat too much McDonals will eventually get fat. That does not mean McDonald's should be banned to prevent obesity. People who tan in the sun too long will likely get skin cancer. That does not mean tanning should be prohibited, or that wearing sunscreen of a certain SPF should be a government mandate. The same is true for the HPV vaccine. Have sex with strangers at your own risk. Get the vaccine if you wish to reduce the risk of contracting a disease.

 

I'd argue that anyone who does not get the vaccine, and subsequently has sex with any human aside from their lifelong spouse, is committing reckless endangerment. You have a right to put yourself in danger. Not other people. HPV could go the way of Polio if we had the political will to make it happen.

 

The person who has sex with someone who they do not know much about is putting himself in danger, not the other way around. If some girl does not get the vaccine, and then I go have sex with her, she is not putting me in danger--I am putting myself in danger. You act as if the other person has no responsibility, which is absurd. You simply have not laid out a principle that determines when it is ok to use force to involuntarily coerce someone into doing something against their will. What about mandating that people wear masks when they have the flu so as not to spread it? The flu can lead to more serious diseases.

 

Wrong. If you have sex with more than one person in your entire life, for the second (and any/all subsequent persons) you're committing reckless endangerment if you neglected to vaccinate themselves, assuming it was an option. I'd get it, but I'm too old. But if every person in our society did it for the next 60 years or so, HPV will cease to exist.

And we do have forced vaccinations, most school districts require certain vaccinations to attend school. The only way to avoid it is to homeschool.

 

Sexually transmitted diseases are almost completely preventable. The only reason they spread is through bad lifestyles of uncontrolled sex with many people and with little care or safety to it. Any disease transmitted through sex is a problem created by yourself and no one else. Just like bad firearm safety resulting in you getting shot.

 

It works both ways. If you are having sex with someone who may have a disease, you are also putting your own self in danger. Unless the sexually promiscuous person is raping someone, the other partner in the sexual act shares entirely equally in the risk.

 

Granny says, "Dat's right - it's gettin' to where ya can't have sex anymore...

CDC: 110,197,000 Venereal Infections in U.S.; Nation Creating New STIs Faster Than New Jobs or College Grads
March 27, 2013 - According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. at that time to 110,197,000.