(and yes, I think an individual rights are more important than the society, because individual is the smallest minority).
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
Spock
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
HPV is 100% avoidable... it's like herpes... it isn't something that just happens.
HPV and HSV are 100% avoidable if you abstain from physical contact with others. Not just sexual contact, _all_ contact. HSV has been transferred from parents to children by kissing. You can acquire it just by making out with someone, which I assume most people would refer to as a "safer" activity.
In addition to transfer via fluid, HPV can be active under the fingernails. If an infected person with an active outbreak touches you where you have broken skin (or digitally penetrates you without a barrier) you can be infected. Essentially, skin-to-skin transfer with an infected person _can_ give you HPV. Touching, mutual masturbation, frotting, making out.
Then, of course, you have things like this, where children are being infected out of no cause of their own.
Or the fact that you can do everything right (and have "safe" sex, using condoms and dental damns and finger cots and not-brushing-your-teeth-before-oral-sex and discussing histories with your partner, and still get infected, because many people can carry these infections without having an outbreak or being aware that they are a carrier.
your ignorance is rampant, you're turning this into The Scarlet Letter for the present time.
Can you link to any of these studies?
$510 was what it cost me to get the three injections (Gardisil is spread out via 3 injections over 6 months) at PPLM.
With the exception of the first injection, the only reason I went into the office for the other two was to receive the shot. No wellness check otherwise.
I got the first injection as part of a quarterly checkup -- I drop in every three months to have a full STI examination taken. Gives me a nice feeling when I can tell people I am d/d free and be sure of it
In any case, each injection was listed on the invoice as a $170 fee. I'm sure that is for the cost of the vaccine and the time it took the RN to inject me.
what's in it for the insurance companies?
Less infections requiring procedures would mean less money spent on treatments, and would reduce the amount of money they would have to pay out for treatment.
Oh wait, that's probably not what they want, since that means less money passing through their hands for them to skim off of.
testing for males is very difficult, as an asymptomatic male will show no signs of being infected, and, if I recall properly, the FDA does not have any approved tests for HPV in men. I believe the effectiveness in this comes from "Herd Immunity".
I got the HPV vaccine last year as a male at the age of 26. There is the overall thought that if you are sexually active (ie, not a non-infected virgin with another non-infected virgin), you will have obtained some strain of HPV (there are more than 150, most are relatively benign). Your body can "clear" most of these, and they will never be an issue. I thought it was still appropriate for me to get the vaccine, as there are some benefits:
Vaccination was uncovered by my insurance (gee, thanks!) but I figured it was worth the $510, to protect myself and any partners (should I be a carrier).
It's not just penile cancer. Also, depending on how transferred, HPV can cause rectal and oral (throat) cancers.
I also ready today (here) that HPV may lead to future heart trouble.
Maybe, setup a second system or laptop for things like wireless testing, drivers, etc.. things you can't simulate in a VM..
you can definitely simulate wireless testing in VMs. Set up instances of linux in a UML, connect them with tuntaps, and modify/drop packets between the tuntaps accordingly according to the probabilistic model for the wireless network you're hoping to test.
I've developed a (proprietary) system for my employer that does just this -- pathloss is calculated using the Friis equation according to geographic distances between nodes. Nodes `move' on a controlling interface, which relays packets to a google-maps (or earth) server for visualization. The interface adds and drops packets between hosts according to characteristics based upon the transmission loss.
personal machines: genius, genius-laptop, genius-phone
"overhead" machines -- space based: nova, galaxy, supernova, blackhole, quasar
project machines:
project 1 -- dr. seuss: onefish, twofish, redfish, bluefish, blackfish, starfish, lionfish
project 2 -- tunnels: tedwilliams, eisenhower, tiponeill, lincoln, carpal, gotthard [biggest tunnel in the world = biggest RAID for the project]
project 3 -- dwarves: 7 dwarves
ACLU learned that the police had acquired the cell phone scanning devices and in August 2008 filed an official request for records on the program, including logs of how the devices were used. The state police responded by saying they would provide the information only in return for a payment of $544,680.
emphasis mine. ACLU put in a FOIA, police wanted $544,680 to respond.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? No one, when the pay-to-play is that high...
Also, the BMI is fucking ridiculous. I've got friend who did/do body building, and they'll tell you that they're actually obese, based on the BMI that is. It's at this point that people say "but but but there's other measures you use in combination", the looser the legal policy is, the more useless this bill is (in fact, it will just add administrative overhead). The tighter it is, the more you're going to be victimizing these other people.
Oh, it should also be noted, that these body building types often put a higher burden on the health care system. They push their bodies to extreme limits, such that they require regular check ups, and can easily end up in a bad situation. Ever seen someone cut weight before? It's pretty fucked.
MOD UP!
I'm one of these lifters [though I do competitive powerlifting versus body buliding, no cutting for me]. I'm 65" and weigh 200 pounds. As part of my job I'm required to have an FAA Medical Pilot Certificate. I've had a doctor almost fail me OVER THE PHONE after asking me my height and weight before I went to the appointment.
In person, things look much different: 34" waist, 16.5" arms, barrel chest, 12% body fat, 45bpm resting heart rate that I can elevate and sustain at 180bpm, good blood pressure, et cetera. I work out 6 or 7 days a week [5 days of lifting, 2 days running 5 miles/day]. Healthy diet of grains, fruits, veggies, lean proteins. But using some shitty metric like BMI makes me out to be 'dangerously overweight'. Upon seeing me in person, the doctor revoked his prior "fail" statement and told me I should be on a recruiting poster somewhere.
And as far as body building types putting a burden on the system, any person who takes athletics seriously may have similar problems: runners with stress fractures / impact issues, hockey players with contact injuries, et cetera -- yet these athletes are probably strengthening their hearts/lungs while abstaining from stupid, risky behavior [tobacco].
Closest I've got for EE is either the classic "Art of Electronics" or an ARRL handbook...
Completely agree on "The Art of Electronics". I'm curious what other people mention. My go-to books as an ECE are TAOCP, TAOE, and "Introduction to Algorithms" by Rivest et. al.
On the second tier are "The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan & Pike, "Hacker's Delight" by Warren, "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Hunt & Thomas, and a bunch of even more specific books on DSP, Stoch, and C. But these are a bit more subject specific and 'opinion' then reference a la the first tier.
The number has gone from a high of 16 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007 to just nine percent in the fourth quarter of 2010
16% of what? the article doesn't mention.
16% of the population? 16% of what it used to be?
Note that a large portion of the money for DARPA is going to cybersecurity research with Mudge of the L0pht as the DARPA Program Manager.
[1] http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/219725/government_employs_hackers_in_brave_new_scheme.html
[2] http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/darpas-star-hacker-looks-to-wikileak-proof-the-pentagon/
[3] http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/07/internet-creators-ask-hackers-help/
Today is a good day for information-gathering. Read someone else's mail file.
