More Than Warts

This video contains frank medical and anatomy terms that may not be appropriate for your workplace. ZDoggMD has a new public health song about preventing cancer caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) by having your children vaccinated.

Some parents are worried about vaccinating their sons and daughters against a sexually-transmitted disease at the recommended ages of 11-12 because they think it may send the wrong message. The recommended age for vaccination is important because you have to wait months between the three shots in the series (at least for Gardasil), and it’s best to get the series finished before your child grows up and leaves home. And that happens in the blink of an eye. Besides, HPV is so endemic that it’s very possible to contract it from one’s eventual spouse. I mean, you do want grandchildren someday, don’t you? And, God forbid, even an abstinent person can be sexually assaulted.

ZDoggMD has more information about HPV and vaccines at his website. The song is performed by ZDoggMD and Devin Moore to the tune of “More Than Words” by Extreme.