This article is packed with medical misinformation.

1. Planters warts and giant mosaic warts — what you described on your feet — are very contagious. Barefoot walkers spread them to others going barefoot.

2. HPV is not the virus responsible for cold sores and genital herpes. Those are caused by herpes viruses. Don’t conflate them with HPV.

3. HPV is responsible for deadly cervical and throat cancers, and can be prevented by Gardasil, a vaccine.

A brief Google search would have provided these medical facts.