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We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @PLOS: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/this-evidence-fundamentally-shifts-the-debate-about-the-hpv-vaccine/
"These vaccines were a magnet for controversy from the start – and not just because they are at the volatile intersection of children, sexually transmitted infection, and vaccines."
Like, Purina Fundie Head Explodey Chow. I •do not• envy the folks face with navigating the cultural shoals on this one....
@hildabast @PLOS Thank you once again Dr Bastian, such an exciting bit of genuinely good news in a bleak time 👍
Also this is so clearly written that even laypeople like me can follow it 😅
@hildabast @PLOS this is such a wonderful write up! I'm finding it so easy to talk to young adults about HPV vaccination but there's just so much stigma still that it's very difficult to get parents of tweens to be open to even a conversation.
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