If you are like me and have younger children at home, you probably have run into questions about vaccination schedules. My oldest son is about to turn 11, and at that age there are 3 recommended vaccines for all children, which are TDap, Meningitis, and HPV. The first two are routinely accepted vaccines but I have had many parents question the HPV vaccine. They seem to be suspicious, or uneasy about their child receiving the HPV vaccine. Maybe that is because this vaccine is relatively new, or because it deals with a sexually transmitted virus. Let’s look at some of the questions I hear, and what the answers are.
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