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One factor not covered in this report for contagious diseases is that the really critical number is one (1). If every infected person infects more than one other person on average, the disease will spread. If the number is less than one, it will eventually slow down and go away. Thus even a small reductio in infections could stop a disease. Aids does not spread very easily to men. I have seen figures of around 200 goes (!) among heterosexuals, though females are much more vulnerable. For the moment, condoms and self gratification may be safer options ☺ treatment risks and benefitsAll treatments have dangers. The relevant calculation is between risks - in the case of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV, a known catalyst for cervical cancer), risks obviously favour vaccination. The uneducated claims concerning Lyme’s Disease are also false. Lyme’s Disease is suspected of possible involvement in autoimmune disease. It is also a sneaky and can be very dangerous disease. It can cause very long- term damage by itself. (Lyme’s Disease is related to syphilis, a long time-frame killer.) Vaccination against Lyme’s in childhood is in the region of 100% effective, but the disease can fairly easily be treated by antibiotics if caught early, and with more difficulty if it gets a grip. As with viruses in general, HPV and AIDS cannot be treated effectively. Lyme’s is a spirochete/spirochaete, not a virus. There are a great many HPVs, two of which are high risk for cervical cancer and they are very common sexually transmitted diseases. HPVs may cause several other cancers - HPV 16 and HPV 18 cause around 70% of cervical cancers. The immune system is very complicated. Understanding remains rather limited. As said above, some diseases are linked (without detail or certainty to autoimmune diseases). As vaccines work primarily by giving the body an experience (usually of part of the surface molecules) of the disease vecto, it is possible that a vaccine may cause autoimmune diseases. So, it becomes a calculation and a race to accumulate better understanding of autoimmune problems. Lyme is (at present) nowhere near as prevalent as HPV, and it tends to be localised. It is also easier to detect/suspect. Meanwhile, the world is stuffed with (probably hundreds of thousands) of new man-made chemicals, and people are living much longer, in part due to modern medicine. Many killer diseases of childhood are no long a grave problem, especially in the west. HPV is a problem. If the numbers being bandied about are correct, then HPV vaccination is a sane, if expensive precaution. The estimated 1 in 136 lifetime risk of a female developing cervical cancer cancer in the UK a serious concern, and maybe it is also continuing to spread. I know of no serious claims of autoimmune reactions to HPV - yet. cervical cancer vaccines, cervarix and gardasil
In other words, Gardasil targets four strains, including two involved in genital warts, while Cervarix only targets the two main strains implicated in cervical cancer. As you can see from the second paragraph above, according to tests the rates of adverse effects for the placebo and the vaccination are indistinguishable. on human papillomavirushpv is suspected in several cancers - there are over 100 identified hpvs effecting humans
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