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I watched my uncle die from this... Guys, please get the HPV vaccine.

I'm sorry for your uncle, but we have to get something right here. Fear from death is something that is controlling people more than they think, and the results of that as we have seen in the last years was devastating on our lives. It would be smarter to not place full trust into these products. Take that as my opinion.

This is an extremely odd comment. The parent post isn't suggesting that people radically alter their lives to avoid throat cancer. It's suggesting that they get a one-time vaccine that's already standard for many women.

What's the concern here other than fear of that vaccine? And if fear of an HPV vaccine itself killing someone is the concern, I might cite a quote I heard recently that "fear from death is something that is controlling people more than they think."

I responded to a comment mentioning death and calling to get the vaccine as possible protection. Why would be my comment odd then? You don't have to go far back in history to see why this is dangerous do you?

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