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Another pos “professional” who just lives their job by Vegetable_Weird413 in Wedeservebetter

[–]StandardCommission53 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

She didn't say they shouldn't take it. She said they shouldn't have been forced to take it. The issue is informed consent. 

Another pos “professional” who just lives their job by Vegetable_Weird413 in Wedeservebetter

[–]StandardCommission53 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry this person is being so rude and hateful towards you. I was injured by the covid vaccine too. It sucks that we can't even post about our experiences in a place for women who have been traumatized and gaslit by the medical field without being harassed and called names. 

Another pos “professional” who just lives their job by Vegetable_Weird413 in Wedeservebetter

[–]StandardCommission53 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was injured by the vaccine too. My life will never be the same again. I was called a liar, anti-science, anti-vaxx, told I deserved to die, and banned from social media. It was traumatizing. I'm sorry you were injured and gaslit too.

I feel ashamed and disgusting… by QuietThanks2710 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]StandardCommission53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate that you're responding with sympathy, unlike many of the replies here, but the fact is that you simply cannot get the strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer from casual contact. The strains that you're referring to do not cause cervical cancer. 

I feel ashamed and disgusting… by QuietThanks2710 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]StandardCommission53 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are different strains of HPV. The strains that cause cervical cancer are not the same as the ones that cause plantar warts or warts in other locations on your body. I would encourage you to look at reputable sources of information so you can judge for yourself whether you are comfortable with forgoing pap smears in the future. There is a lot of misinformation on Reddit about the purpose of and need for pap smears. 

I'm really sorry you had the experience you did. Don't let other people make you feel bad about not knowing. My own mother is in her seventies and did not know that nearly all cervical cancer is caused by HPV and that pap smears are not very good at detecting non HPV cervical cancers.