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With school physicals right around the corner, parents should be
cautious about allowing their daughters to receive the vaccine called
Gardasil, a yet unproven vaccine for HPV, a disease only transmitted by
sexual activity. The vaccine is pushed as a means to prevent cervical
cancer, which has been connected to HPV, but Gardasil does nothing to
prevent HPV strains causing 30% of cervical cancers.
Gardasil has developed a track record of unusual and dangerous side
effects. The death toll from the drug has reached at least 47. There
were also 1061 "serious" reports of complications including 142
classified as life-threatening, 147 spontaneous abortions, and 29 cases
of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Is use of this vaccine really worth the
risks?
More specifics on complications should really raise questions about the
risk versus benefit of this vaccine. Reports indicate that 62
girls
developed warts after receiving the vaccine, even though Gardasil is
designed to prevent two strains of genital warts and is not supposed to
react with other HPV strains. However, not only did previously
healthy
women experience genital warts after the vaccination, but 21 girls
developed warts on other areas, most commonly the face, hands and feet,
and in one case, "all over her body."
Situations like this must be devastating to teenage girls and their
parents, who were just following their doctor's recommendation and had
no idea there were any risks of note. FDA's Vaccine Adverse Event
Reporting System (VAERS) reports show that since June 2008, 235 cases
have involved permanent disability. Just say no to Gardasil!
Source: Illinois Right to Life
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