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The Walgreens pharmacist scolded my 35 year old girlfriend for getting it, saying that it was useless at her age. She insisted and he reluctantly administered the first dose (and later got the rest at another location). He even questioned her motives for getting it once she was in the room. I was appalled by the whole interaction.

Maybe I could have understood if I had said she was my wife. But it is still stupid to assume that there will be no other sexual partners ever again in her life.

With the prevalence of HPV, it's likely that we have one or more strains already, but who knows. Maybe the strain of a future partner is what will trigger cancer.

If anyone here can enlighten me about the pharmacist's attitude, I would be grateful.

I got vaccinated way before I met her, and even as a male I didn't get any comments from the pharmacists that gave me the shots.

parent copperx 1 year ago

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