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April 6, 2006 • 7:44 am PDT
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You know that HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer? It really, really works. The people protesting it are saying it will encourage dangerous sexual behavior. But 80% of Americans will get a (usually harmless) HPV infection in their lifetime. 80%! They're already being dangerous without the vaccine. Maybe that other 20% who are being so careful might suddenly go hog wild, but that seems pretty darn unlikely.

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