This seems unlikely. Vaccination is far less effective if you leave a large proportion of the population unprotected. That’s why we vaccinate everyone against rubella even though it’s only dangerous to foetuses if their mother catches it while pregnant.
I don’t know if it was due to production shortages or a cautious roll out, or a bit of both. But I doubt it was due to the medical profession forgetting how vaccination works.
When the hpv vaccine first came out there were production shortages so it was only available to girls and women.
I believed that was do to risk of cervical cancer. A guy can’t get that cancer so risk of HPV was lower for males.
Right, so say an 80/20 split in terms of the danger became a 100/0 split in terms of access to the vaccine.
This seems unlikely. Vaccination is far less effective if you leave a large proportion of the population unprotected. That’s why we vaccinate everyone against rubella even though it’s only dangerous to foetuses if their mother catches it while pregnant.
I don’t know if it was due to production shortages or a cautious roll out, or a bit of both. But I doubt it was due to the medical profession forgetting how vaccination works.