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Public health officials may have legitimate questions about the merits of HPV vaccine mandates, in light of the financial and logistic burdens these may impose on families and schools, and also may be uncertain about adverse-event rates in mass-scale programs. But given that the moral objections to requiring HPV vaccination are largely emotional, this source of resistance to mandates is difficult to justify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charo RA. Politics, Parents, and Prophylaxis \u2014 Mandating HPV Vaccination in the United States<\/a>. N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):1905-1908. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

R Alta Charo ExtractPublic health officials may have legitimate questions about the merits of HPV vaccine mandates, in light of the financial and logistic burdens these may impose on families and schools, and also may be uncertain about adverse-event rates in mass-scale programs. 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