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1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds

296 points · 158 comments · colinprince

Frieren · 1790692112 · focus · HN ↗
> HPV vaccine hesitancy in Europe: side effects, uncertainty, and mistrust > When individuals mistrust those communicating about vaccines, perceiving, for instance, that they are not being fully transparent about the potential side effects of the vaccine, it can affect their confidence in the HPV vaccine even if they have received information confirming that the vaccine is safe and effective > This was seen with the rapid spread of You-Tube videos of young girls believing to have been affected by HPV vaccination in Denmark, Japan, Colombia, Ireland and the UK.
Governments around the world are losing citizens trust. And that has terrible consequences. Trust is hard to earn and easy to lose. And the rise of far-right contrarian governments that use fear to destroy trust in institutions and gain votes are the main cause. Billionaires financing far-right governments end costing the lives of their citizens that will have poorer physical health.
We may know how to reduce the risk of cancer. We may have vaccines for that infections. But if governments care more about power than serving citizens all that knowledge is for nothing.
- <a href="https://www.hpvworld.com/articles/hpv-vaccine-hesitancy-in-europe-side-effects-uncertainty-and-mistrust/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hpvworld.com/articles/hpv-vaccine-hesitancy-in-e...
1. etcetcetcetceta · 1790692402 · focus · HN ↗
  Suspect this is caused by demographic shift, don't know any people who have even the remotest HPV vaccine hesitation over the past twenty plus years.
  Know that it is common among certain demographics though.
  1. baud147258 · 1790695478 · focus · HN ↗
    what kind of demographics? I don't think HPV vaccine is a subject I've ever heard about in the social circles I've been in (whatever the opinion on the vaccine).
    etcetcetcetceta · 1790768583 · focus · HN ↗
    Two in particular, those with a distrust of or ignorance to authority, and those with a paternal expectation of abstinence (with extreme punitive consequences for defiance) and therefore no need for such a vaccine.
    The former of course is (uncomfortably) why we have seen a resurgence in smallpox, measles, and scabies.
    baud147258 · 1790843382 · focus · HN ↗
    that's not really clear... Like if I knew enough those those two groups to identify them with those descriptors, I would have already understood who they were from the fact they tend to refuse HPV vaccines
    etcetcetcetceta · 1790871996 · focus · HN ↗
    perhaps just stick to subjects you're more informed on
    cindyllm · 1790879054 · focus · HN ↗
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