I was also told that there's another, wider-range one coming on the market soonish, and the competition will likely drive the prices down drastically.

Interesting. My understanding was that the existing vaccine was in testing to determine its effectiveness for women over twenty-five and for men at risk of bowel cancer, and that there won't be another vaccine for some years yet, but let me be the first to admit I have no solid info on this.

If I ever get to take my long-hoped-for Canada trip, I'll put myself in debt if I can get vaccinated on holiday. $360 Canadian would be a massive saving.

Though if the government gets its act together long enough to pay attention to the needs of its citizens as opposed to the desires of ministers' wealthy friends, I might not need to sell off some of my organs in order to get the vaccine here.

We'll see. :)