cervical cancer vaccination

[mellowtigger]

I'm disappointed that I have only 1 female on my Friends list and none who have friended me.  (I think.)  I disapprove of that status.  I do, however, have several science geeks listening, so hopefully someone can provide a thorough answer to this question.

I've been seeing commercials on television recently about vaccinations for women to provide them some immunity against cervical cancer.  Why isn't this vaccine being marketed at all humans?  I assume that women are getting infected by men, so why not immunize their disease vector as well?

At first glance, it seems like immunizing against the flu but only for people whose last names begin with the letters A-L.  What gives?

Comments

[mellowtigger]

No, I certainly wouldn't object. I tend to use my Friends list more as a "subscription" list anyway, where I can compile various journals that I want to read into a single page. It seems strange to me that other people don't use them that same way. :)

(I'm pondering suggestions to offer to livejournal to help clarify this kind of stuff.)

[bigsockgrrl.livejournal.com]

doesn't seem strange to me at all, since that's what I do, too. :)