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"..There is also an HPV vaccine that is available in the USA "

Yep...that's the one. It was created in the USA but not without "...research done by Professor Ian Frazer of Australia..." through our Commonwealth Serum Laboratories.

Collaboration. Some might say OZ brains + USA money.

Compulsory?? Sometimes strategies (including advertising) behind public health programs are self defeating. Making anything compulsory is bound to raise hackles with non-compliance simply because of that edict. We never had Prohibition but who knows why foreign countries policies on any matter are the way they are.

Here, the entry age relates to the research showing it's highest efficacy is the pre-sexual activity female. Research continues for its efficacy and safety beyond that.

Here, the treatment of cancer, like any illness, like any STD, can be totally free under Medicare. So, at the lowest denominator, it makes sense if the government simply wants to reduce the costs for taxpayers if individuals can't or won't see the health benefits.

But tis a difficult issue. Getting the flu vaccine is not compulsory here. Me getting the flu is almost mandatory when some members of the public with the flu show reckless indifference in my presence. Do other viruses cause other cancers and how are they spread?

-- posted by redback