Tony does not know it, but he has HPV. If his case is like most cases, the infection will clear his body within:
a. the first week of being contracted.
b. one or two years, but there will be severe health problems.
c. one or two years without causing any severe health problems.
d. ten years, but severe health problems will arise as a result of the infection.
Question 2
Janet is at a parent meeting where parents are debating whether or not they should allow their children to get the HPV vaccine. Janet's daughter is in the fourth grade. She is worried that giving her child the vaccine means that she condones sex.
Tell her why the vaccine is given to children between the ages of nine and twelve.
a. Most children are engaging in sexual activities and the vaccine may cure HPV infections.
b. Public health professionals are unsure about its effectiveness so they give it to children.
c. Most children have not already been exposed to genital HPV so the vaccine is more effective for this group.
d. The immune system of a child is more robust than that of an adult.
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