| Re: The Shot
Since the shot has to be administered by a health professional (in some places, a doctor) it stands to reason that it is up to that professional's discretion as to if there would be any benefit administering the shot. I imagine different places have different rules.
The reasoning though, is that once someone is sexually active, the chances of them already having HPV is good, which reduces the usefulness of the shot. True, if you only have one strain of the 4 it protects against, you'd still benefit from the protection against the remaining 3, but to be sure of which you have, and what benefit you might get would take an HPV DNA test. At that point, it's a cost/benefit thing. If you are willing to pay for it knowing it might be pointless, then it's a matter of finding a place willing to administer it.
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