Merck & Company is lobbying to make an “immunization” against cervical cancer mandatory for girls as young as 11 to 12 years of age. Keep in mind this form of cervical cancer can only be contracted sexually. And If passed, this of course would secure billions in sales for the pharmaceutical leader.
A few months ago, very few women knew anything about the Human Pappilomavirus (HPV). At best, the general consensus was that it could result in abnormal PAP smears. Then began the slow, brain washed educational process of informing women about the fact that they could be infected with HPV and not have any symptoms. Within a few months, almost every woman was wondering if they’re at risk for getting cervical cancer.
Here’s why:
National television ad campaigns began several months ago featuring several women stating flat out they didn’t know how a virus caused cervical cancer, and you, (insert millions of women viewers) may have it and not even know it. Talk about FEAR mongering, all in the name of science.
Yet, one must wonder: why would a company tell millions of women that they may have something, a silent deadly virus that causes cervical cancer, and not even know it? In a post 9-11 world, why would someone shout bomb in an airplane?
With the aid of actresses in a national advertising campaign, with the blessings of the FDA and the FTC, with the support of heavy hitting politicians and government officials who hold stakes within the company (I’m sure there’s no bias decision making here) why wouldn’t Merck shout “bomb” or in this case, “Cancer!”
On Saturday, February 3, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed an executive order to make the newly-released HPV vaccine Gardasil mandatory for all young girls before entry into the sixth grade.
How can this happen when there are still doubts in its effectiveness? The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) maintains that Merck’s clinical trials did not prove the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts is safe to give to young girls.
The FDA allowed Merck to use a potentially reactive aluminum containing placebo as a control for most trial participants, rather than a non-reactive saline solution placebo. A reactive placebo can artificially increase the appearance of safety of an experimental drug or vaccine in a clinical trial.
For example, if we wanted to test the safety and efficacy of coca-cola on teeth, we would use water as a control or comparison. In the case of Merck clinical trials, they decided to use another soft-drink (which of course manipulated the data).
Gardasil contains 225 mcg of aluminum and, although aluminum adjuvants have been used in vaccines for decades, they were never tested for safety in clinical trials. Merck and the FDA did not disclose how much aluminum was in the placebo.
Here’s whats frightening:
Almost 90% of Gardasil recipients and 85% of aluminum placebo recipients followed-up for safety reported one or more adverse events within 15 days of vaccination. In addition, pain and swelling at the injection site occurred in approximately 83% of Gardasil and 73% of aluminum placebo recipients. Sixty percent of those who got Gardasil or the aluminum placebo had systemic adverse events including headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, myalgia.
The point here is that there is too little long term safety and effectiveness data to recommend Gardasil for universal use, especially mandatory use.
Final Facts about HPV
Polaroid's i532 digital camera has features that cameras that are more expensive try to offer:…
South Georgia has many great places to visit. The weather is usually perfect and the…
From time to time Humans have a run in with spiders, usually to the spider's…
Cesarean sections may seem simple enough, but there are many different ways that they can…
My work with the ASEAN English Program in Suphanburi, Thailand gave me a lot of…
The Notebook was a wonderful love story that shows that sometimes love can really last…
This website uses cookies.