In response to Prue's article and Gupta (Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi), I asked in a rapid response, on 2 August:
1. Would Dr Gupta please give us figures in support of her claims of "universal" HPV vaccination?
2. Would Public Health England please tell us whether the GPs contracted to give HPV vaccine to children could also be required as part of the contract, to tell the children before vaccination, that anal sex is best avoided at least in their teens?
No answer from either party I addressed.
Dr Gupta may be on holidays. Could the ICMR please tell us if Dr Gupta is correct?
Public Health England, funded by the British tax-payers, please tell us your response to my question. Or, should I assume we assume that your contract writers forgot something? Or, should we assume that Health Education is unnecessary, the needle is the answer?
Rapid Response:
In response to Prue's article and Gupta (Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi), I asked in a rapid response, on 2 August:
1. Would Dr Gupta please give us figures in support of her claims of "universal" HPV vaccination?
2. Would Public Health England please tell us whether the GPs contracted to give HPV vaccine to children could also be required as part of the contract, to tell the children before vaccination, that anal sex is best avoided at least in their teens?
No answer from either party I addressed.
Dr Gupta may be on holidays. Could the ICMR please tell us if Dr Gupta is correct?
Public Health England, funded by the British tax-payers, please tell us your response to my question. Or, should I assume we assume that your contract writers forgot something? Or, should we assume that Health Education is unnecessary, the needle is the answer?
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