• BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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    11 months ago

    Also, cancer isn’t one disease but a whole class of diseases. And we actually do have vaccines that prevent certain forms of cancer, like the HPV vaccine.

    • Zirconium@lemmy.world
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      I WONT LET MY KID GET THE HPV VACCINE. IT MEANS THEY CAN HAVE SEX WITH NO CONSEQUENCES

      • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        Ma’am, pregnancy is still a consequence of sex as you obviously should know after having 5 kids.

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          11 months ago

          if she grew up with a certain kind of religious education, it’s possible she still might not have drawn that particular connection

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      There is also a lung cancer vaccine made in Cuba, called CimaVax (I think).

      There’s some hurdles to getting it though, depending on where you are.