HPV vaccine

sunnyflorida
Thu, 10 May 2007 12:23:41 +0000

Interesting. In my part of the country, Hepatitis B is referred exclusively as Hep B. Usually HPV is mistaken in conversation for HIV… And most of the seniors going off to college have already been vaccinated against Hep B. Once one has completed the series it would not be repeated, and if one had not, IT IS NOT A WASTE OF MONEY one should also get Hep B series.

No one just “gets” Hep B vaccine anyway. One’s status would be determined first-ie immune already from prior vaccine or nonimmune, and if unknown, a simple blood test would establish. This health dept is definately NOT the norm.