{"id":10786,"date":"2023-03-16T15:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T20:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=10786"},"modified":"2024-08-10T15:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:16:44","slug":"is-it-true-that-hpv-rarely-impacts-health","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-it-true-that-hpv-rarely-impacts-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it true that HPV rarely impacts health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/1635417728457789443\">tweeting<\/a>\u00a0lawyer claims that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that rarely impacts health, stating that some kids would not benefit from the HPV vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Our tweeter is mistaken about both the health dangers of HPV and the benefits provided by vaccination. In the United States, HPV infection is extremely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfid.org\/infectious-diseases\/facts-about-hpv\/\">common<\/a>; there are an estimated 14 million new cases every year. HPV is a deadly cancer-causing virus responsible for causing more than 37,000 cases of cervical, penile, anal, mouth, and throat cancers annually.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine is most effective when it is administered at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/healthy\/cancer-causes\/infectious-agents\/hpv\/hpv-vaccines.html#:~:text=HPV%20vaccine%20produces%20the%20strongest,ages%20of%209%20to%2012.\">12-13 years of age<\/a>, and the level of cancer protection it provides is significant. In one\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(21)02178-4\/fulltext\">study<\/a>, the HPV vaccine was shown to have a relative risk reduction of 87% in cervical cancer for 12-13-year-olds when compared with their unvaccinated counterparts. While some people are fearful that vaccinating for HPV will promote teenage sex, data shows that HPV vaccination does\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/hsph-in-the-news\/hpv-vaccine-teen-behavior\/\">not<\/a>\u00a0increase sexual activity in teens. Although it\u2019s hard to think about, it\u2019s important to point out that even when children voluntarily abstain from sexual activity, the vaccine protects victims of nonconsensual sex from HPV infection as well.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HPV is a common and dangerous virus that causes thousands of cancer cases annually, and the HPV vaccine significantly reduces this risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[202,196,218],"class_list":["post-10786","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-cancer","jtf_topic_subjects-hpv","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10789,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10786\/revisions\/10789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}