[YeahThisIsMe]

And I can't get the shot in Germany because I'm "too old" and just assumed to be infected with it already, anyway.

What a great system.

[perlgeek]

Many doctors in Germany stick very closely to the recommendations of the Stiko (standing committee on vaccinations) and take a lot of convincing to vaccinate more, or they outright refuse. It's really annoying.

My health insure only covers HPV vaccines for 26 year olds and younger: https://www.sbk.org/beratung-leistungen/vorsorge-und-praeven...

[dTP90pN]

Depends on your health insurance. My previous insurance company paid back the full cost when I was 30 years old. I can recommend checking https://www.entschiedengegenkrebs.de/vorbeugen/kostenerstatt... (and then also confirming that with the insurance company over text, just to be safe)

[odiroot]

Sort of similar in most EU countries. I could get it in Austria but it's prohibitively expensive.

[n1b0m]

Can you pay for it?

[riggsdk]

In Denmark you can. I was in my mid thirties when I went to my doctor to ask them to prescribe it. Before each shot I would go to the pharmacy and buy one dose and go to the doctor to have them administer it for me (if I wanted to). At that time I think it was free for teenage girls, now it's free for teenage boys as well.

[bartman]

Generally yes. I asked my primary care physician and would have been able to get the vaccine dose from the pharmacy (paying for it myself) and she would have administered it.