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Originally Posted by jillio
Your fatal error is that you are confusing preventive medicine with curative medicine. A condom doesn't cure STDs, but it prevents the transmission of such. Brushing your teeth with flouride toothpaste doesn't cure cavities, it prevents them. Guardisil doesn't cure cancer or HPV, it prevents the transmission of an STD that has been linked to cervical cancer as a secondary consequence.
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Now you're the one arguing "semantics". My point is that their ad campaign is manipulative. All of my statements have been about
preventing cervical cancer, except for the one sarcastic one that Babyblue responded to. I have said many times that claiming they can prevent cervical cancer is misleading. Is that better? I know they're not saying they can "cure" cancer, but they are making it sound like they can stop it from occurring, which is not true.