Nicely timed and played. I think MD can handle himself, but his children and the abuse they'll deal with was the first thing I thought of, I feel for them. Totally understand why he kept this on the qt, yet just following the breadcrumbs of his past comments indicated this was an HPV 16+ tumor.

It's been my point of view that HPV, like HIV, strikes fear, then stages to "not me" before swiftly moving to late night tv ridicule. As this story morphs, recognize that so much of the commentary comes from ignorance and stupidity-by-choice.