I have been skeptical of the medical establishment’s campaign to vaccinate young girls for HPV (human papilloma virus) ever since the TV ads started running a few years ago. The latest disaster resulting from this shot is the near-total vision loss of a 16-year-old girl in the U.K. While the link has not definitively been proven, the teenager was fine before she got the vaccine. Ten days after her second dose, she lost her vision, and it is not clear whether she will regain it. This poor girl may be blinded for life.
Several states now have legislation pending to mandate this vaccine, Gardasil. It actually became law in Texas, but thankfully was overwritten by another bill. However, now another bill in the Texas legislature would allow the state Commissioner of Health and Human Services to make the vaccine a condition of going to school. (By the way, Merck, Gardasil’s manufacturer, was a contributor to Governor Rick Perry’s campaign. What a surprise.)
Statistics show that contracting HPV increases one’s chances of developing cervical cancer. But how long does this vaccine last? The Centers for Disease Control’s Website actually gives this vague answer: “a long time.” What does that mean? Ten years? Twenty years? There is currently no booster, so if the vaccine lasts 10 years, and the average girl gets the vaccine at age 11, she’ll need to get it again at 21. A booster will be developed if research shows it’s needed, but that will just mean exposing women to yet more vaccines.
For the vaccine (which does not protect from all forms of cervical cancer) to be effective, it must be given before a female becomes sexually active. While more girls are having sex at younger ages than in the past, there are still many girls who remain virgins. In many cultures, such as Muslims and Orthodox Jews, premarital sex is forbidden. It still happens, of course, but it is much less common. Mandating a vaccine for an entire population because some girls are sexually active is beyond ludicrous. Parents should be the ones who decide whether and when their daughters receive it. While generally there is a religious exemption (which many people take whether or not they are religious), I wonder how long it will be before exemptions are no longer allowed.
While cervical cancer is certainly a serious matter, in the United States, most of the approximately 11,000 cervical cancers found annually occur in women who have never had a pap smear or who have not had one in five years. That tells us cervical cancer can be prevented by getting regular pap smears.
Adverse reactions to Gardasil have included vomiting, fainting, pain in different areas of the body, seizures, rashes, hives, lumps under the skin, and even death. These are documented in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which receives its data from the CDC, yet the CDC’s Website claims the vaccine is safe. The CDC is denying the existence of its own data.
I don’t have children, but if I did, there is no way I would give my daughter this vaccine.
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Thank you for this post. I have re-posted on my own blog. I am a part of group of 6 women who are presenting our concerns about the dangers of this vaccine to the FDA this week. A press release will be sent out nationally tomorrow. There are now over 17,500 reported adverse reactions and 64 deaths with an estimated 1 to 10% reporting.
We are in touch with parents in France, Germany, England, Scotland, Netherlands, India, Australia, New Zealand and the US. We intend to get this vaccine off the market.