{"id":25088,"date":"2024-01-31T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skepticalraptor.com\/skepticalraptorblog.php\/?p=25088"},"modified":"2024-01-31T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:09:39","slug":"hpv-vaccine-prevents-cervical-cancer-in-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skepticalraptor.com\/skepticalraptorblog.php\/hpv-vaccine-prevents-cervical-cancer-in-women\/","title":{"rendered":"HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer in women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new study out of Scotland shows the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine \u2014 the country had no cases of cervical cancer in women who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13. If it wasn’t clear, that’s zero cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you know, I am a huge proponent of the HPV vaccine. I think it was the most important vaccine to ever be developed until it was recently supplanted by the even more important COVID-19 vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this new study out of Scotland is so important concerning the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in preventing cancer, I feel it is important to detail the results from the study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All about HPV and HPV vaccines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I know I cut and paste this section to every article I write about HPV vaccines<\/a>, but it’s the first step to HPV vaccine myth debunking. Some readers may be coming here for the first time, and they ought to know just how the HPV vaccine prevents cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I try to update this section when necessary with new information about either the disease or the vaccine. If you’ve read this section 47 times, just skip down to the next section where I discuss the key point of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genital and oral human papillomavirus<\/a> (HPV) infections are the most common sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the USA.  HPV is generally transmitted from personal contact during vaginal, anal, or oral sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to note that there are more than 150 strains or subtypes of HPV that can infect humans \u2013 however, only 40 of these strains are linked to one or more different cancers. Of those 40 strains, most are fairly rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the early symptoms of HPV infections aren\u2019t serious and many HPV infections resolve themselves without long-term harm, HPV infections are causally linked to many types of cancers in men and women<\/a>. According to current medical research, here are some of the cancers that are linked to HPV:<\/p>\n\n\n\n