the way i learned it at my catholic med school was "yes HPV is transmitted sexually but it's so ubiquitous it's not really an STI"
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Alastair McAlpine, MD
A common misunderstanding is that HPV is only a problem for people who are “sexually promiscuous.”
The truth: you can get HPV even if you’ve only had ONE partner. Its prevalence in adult populations is very high.
So we vax everyone.
The truth: you can get HPV even if you’ve only had ONE partner. Its prevalence in adult populations is very high.
So we vax everyone.
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