Thread: They are wanting to make the HPV vaccine mandatory in schools

Merck's Gardasil vaccine is supposed to prevent young women from getting cervical cancer. Now the FDA has approved a claim for two less common cancers as well. But whether it will actually prevent any kind of cancer is actually unknown.

Meanwhile, as of July the federal government's Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System has received over 9,700 reports of problems since the vaccine's introduction in 2006. These include paralysis, seizures, and miscarriage. Twenty deaths have been reported, although the government has not acknowledged a link yet.

Vaccines were originally developed to protect the public from extremely contagious diseases spread primarily by air. Now dangerous and unproven vaccines are being mandated in the hope they will guard against diseases that require very intimate contact to transmit.

Where will it end?


Sources:

* Health Freedom Foundation

FROM DR. MERCOLA:

Merck has launched a very powerful ad campaign urging girls to become “one less” victim to cervical cancer. Well, this fear tactic has scared about 18 million U.S. women into getting the Gardasil vaccine since it was approved in 2006.

Yet, despite its annual sales of $1 billion, Gardasil has not become the blockbuster drug that Merck had hoped it would be. Fortunately, people are wising up; aside from the moral issue of whether or not the vaccine encourages promiscuity, the long-term effects of the drug are completely unknown, and the immediate side effects are turning out to be quite serious, even deadly.

The federal government's Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System has received over 9,700 reports of problems since the vaccine's introduction in 2006. These problems just keep growing and include paralysis, seizures and miscarriage, along with 20 deaths that may be linked to the vaccine!

This didn’t stop Merck from pushing for an expansion of uses for Gardasil, which the FDA just approved. Now Gardasil can also be promoted to prevent two rare vaginal and vulvar cancers. At least the FDA made the right choice and decided NOT to approve Gardasil for the prevention of cervical cancer in women aged 27 to 45 (currently it’s approved for girls 9 through 26).

If more women knew the reality about the human papillomavirus (HPV), the one that can sometimes lead to cervical cancer, I doubt any of them would voluntarily receive this vaccine. (Maybe that’s why Merck was pushing so hard to make it mandatory for schoolgirls.)

So before you even think about getting this potentially dangerous vaccination, make sure you know what you’re risking your health for.

The Facts About HPV

There are more than 100 types of human papillomaviruses. Of them, only 10-30 can cause cervical cancer. The rest can lead to skin infections that cause genital warts or common warts on your hands and feet.

Although these are very common viruses, and an estimated 25 million Americans have HPV infections, there’s actually little cause for alarm because, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states, “In 90 percent of cases, your body’s immune system clears the HPV infection naturally within two years.”

This is true whether the infection is the type that can cause warts or cancer.

Still, the marketers of Gardasil would have you believe that getting the vaccine will protect girls from the slight risk of cervical cancer that does exist -- but this is not the case.

The Gardasil vaccine contains just four types of HPV out of the more than 100 strains. If you contract one of the 96+ types that aren’t included, you’re out of luck. And, if you’ve already been exposed to one of the four types of virus in the vaccine, it doesn’t work against those either.

So, even if you accept the risks and get vaccinated, your chances of getting some form of HPV are still very high. Whether or not the HPV virus will lead to genital warts or cervical cancer, however, depends in large part on the state of your immune system.

Why Risk Your Life to Prevent an Avoidable Disease?

Deadly blood clots, acute respiratory failure, cardiac arrest and “sudden death due to unknown causes” have all occurred in girls shortly after they’ve received the Gardasil vaccine. These are obviously atrocious risks to perhaps prevent cervical cancer one day down the road.

Well, according to the CDC more than 6 million women contract HPV annually, yet less than 3,900 women will die from cervical cancer out of those 6 million.

This is because, as I said earlier, your immune system can clear up HPV 90 percent of the time. Meanwhile, cervical cancer is caused by an infection spread through sexual contact, so it is behaviorally avoidable. In fact, using condoms can reduce the risk of HPV by 70 percent, which is more than Gardasil can claim to do.

The bottom line is that Gardasil is largely ineffective, potentially very dangerous and a major waste of money. In order to keep your daughter healthy, why not take these simple steps that can prevent HPV and cervical cancer far better than a vaccine ever could:

• Talk to your kids about HPV. This infection is sexually transmitted, so it is 100 percent preventable through lifestyle choices.

• Realize the power of your emotions. An emerging school of thought shows how specific stressful events or “conflict shocks” trigger cancer and other diseases in your body.

• Keep your immune system strong. A healthy immune system is better able to handle a heavier emotional and physical stress load.

Again, FROM DR. MERCOLA:


There is no doubt that many well-intentioned parents out there are being deceived, or at the least seriously misled -- by Merck, Gardasil’s maker, the media, public health officials, and perhaps their own physicians -- into believing that Gardasil is beneficial for their daughters.

But what they don’t tell you is that Gardasil has caused thousands of serious reactions, including many sudden deaths within 7 days of inoculation.

Fear Mongering 101: Aggressive Advertising

Aggressive pharmaceutical advertising is nothing new, but the Gardasil anti-cervical cancer campaign has swept across the West like a revolution.

It’s also one of the most successful examples of baseless fear mongering I can think of.

While cervical cancer is touted as the second-leading cause of cancer death in women, with 500,000 new cases worldwide each year, the marketing campaign fails to inform you of the entire truth. What they fail to mention is that nearly 95 percent of those deaths occur in developing countries, which cannot afford to administer the HPV vaccine anyway.

We already know that where there are Pap smear programs, very few women die of cervical cancer because regular Pap smears can detect precancerous cells early enough for effective treatment.

In the U.K., for example, cervical cancer claims a mere 400 lives per year, and in the U.S. it is responsible for about 3,800 deaths yearly – most of which are due to not getting regular Pap smears.

Does that truly constitute a public health emergency of such magnitude that it requires mandatory vaccination of all girls aged 11-26?

And, since the HPV vaccine does not prevent ALL types of HPV, you must continue getting regular Pap smears anyway, or risk ending up with undiagnosed and therefore potentially deadly cervical cancer, which makes you wonder why you’d really need the vaccine in the first place.

This vaccine campaign is so high on hyped-up fear and so deficient in logic, it boggles the mind.

Like Dr. Diane Harper, professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, stated:

“Merck lobbied every opinion leader, women’s group, medical society, politicians, and went directly to the people — it created a sense of panic that says you have to have this vaccine now.”

The Truth is, Your Daughters DO NOT Need this Vaccine!

All they need is a healthy, robust immune system to help clear up HPV on its own, which it does in 90 percent of all cases.

Is the HPV Vaccine Worth the Risk?

Researchers are finally raising serious questions as to whether the HPV vaccine is really worth the risks involved. An editorial in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) outlines the rising concerns.

First, Gardasil's long-term effectiveness is unclear. And because cervical cancer takes years to develop, critics say the current information is insufficient to determine whether Gardasil works. Then there’s the issue of side effects. FDA records reveal that, since Gardasil's approval, nearly 9,000 girls had adverse side effects after receiving their shots.

If you’ve been a regular reader of my newsletter, you’ll have noticed that each time I cover another article on HPV, the body count for adverse side effects from this vaccine has risen by several hundred or more… For example, on June 24th, I reported there were more than 6,700 adverse effects reported. Two months later, almost to the day, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons state 8,864 reports have been filed.

Folks, this is a major CLUE!

Along with NEJM, the organization Judicial Watch has also published a damaging Special Report about the Gardasil vaccine. Based on records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), they summarized the approval process, side effects, safety concerns, and marketing practices related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, calling it a “large-scale public health experiment.”

One of their most startling findings was the incidence of 78 cases of outbreaks of warts following the vaccination in women already infected without knowing it. In addition to genital warts, some women experienced large outbreaks on their face, hands, or feet.

Additionally, Gardasil was found to have an efficacy rate of –44.6% (that’s a minus sign) in women already exposed to the HPV types included in the vaccine!

Judicial Watch also uncovered that Gardasil was tested against an aluminum-containing placebo, rather than a nonreactive saline base, which can make the vaccine appear safer than it actually is – which appears to be the case, if you ask me.

The Insanity Continues

Despite all the risks uncovered and the skyrocketing incident reports of harm, vaccine proponents want to move on to the next frontier: older women, and young boys.

Dr. Raffle, a British cervical cancer specialist said it best: “Oh, dear. If we give it to boys, then all pretense of scientific worth and cost analysis goes out the window.”

I believe the mere suggestion already goes to show that this vaccine is nothing more than a cash-cow, offering little proof of any benefits whatsoever, especially considering how easily cervical cancer can be prevented without it.

Virginia Residents – Know Your Rights in 2009!

Although some 24 U.S. states are deliberating mandatory inoculation with Gardasil for school-aged children, Virginia is the only state to pass a bill requiring the vaccine for middle-school entry, which will take effect in 2009.

Fortunately, according to a spokeswoman for the governor, the state’s vaccination program has included unusually broad freedom to decline the shot. Normally, in order to exempt your child from a vaccine, you’d have to provide a medical reason. But for Gardasil, no medical reason is required; you only need to sign the appropriate opt-out form.

Be “One Less” To Get Gardasil

There is absolutely no reason to risk the serious side effects of this vaccine to prevent an infection that goes away on its own 90 percent of the time. And there’s no guarantee that you’ll be protected anyway, since you can still get HPV once you’ve had the vaccine.

It is really a no-win situation for those who receive it.

Instead, a better message would be to remind all young girls that they can radically reduce their risk of getting HPV in the first place if they follow safe-sex practices, or wait to have sex until they’re in a committed relationship.

Also remember that keeping your immune system in tip-top shape will help you shake any HPV virus you may have contracted, without the use of drugs.

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Originally Posted by tngirl

I was watching the news earlier and they were talking about a bunch of states wanting to make the HPV vaccine mandtory for girls entering the 6th grade. I think that is going a bit too far, the shot is expensive and averages around $360. Can you see health departments offering that free of charge? I doubt it.

There is a good possibility that this vaccine is worthless. It may even be dangerous. But Big Medicine and Big Pharma need their human lab rats. Who wants to be one of them?

This is the first time I have seen this thread, and have not gone through and read all of it. But don't ALL shots have some kind of risk to them?

So is this virus the only thing that causes cervical cancer, or can their be something else that causes it?

Yep, all shots have some kind of risk, but I think part of the issue was that they're pushing (very hard) and wanting to make mandatory a new vaccine that hasn't been tested long enough.

I've chosen to not get my girls vaccinated at this time.

No, there are other things that can cause cervical cancer. The commercials for Gardasil even say that it only helps prevent certain types of cervical cancer.

There are more than 100 types of human papillomaviruses. Of them, only 10-30 can cause cervical cancer. The rest can lead to skin infections that cause genital warts or common warts on your hands and feet.
Although these are very common viruses, and an estimated 25 million Americans have HPV infections, there’s actually little cause for alarm because, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states, “In 90 percent of cases, your body’s immune system clears the HPV infection naturally within two years.”

This is true whether the infection is the type that can cause warts or cancer.

Still, the marketers of Gardasil would have you believe that getting the vaccine will protect girls from the slight risk of cervical cancer that does exist -- but this is not the case.

The Gardasil vaccine contains just four types of HPV out of the more than 100 strains. If you contract one of the 96+ types that aren’t included, you’re out of luck. And, if you’ve already been exposed to one of the four types of virus in the vaccine, it doesn’t work against those either.

can clear up HPV 90 percent of the time. Meanwhile, cervical cancer is caused by an infection spread through sexual contact, so it is behaviorally avoidable. In fact, using condoms can reduce the risk of HPV by 70 percent, which is more than Gardasil can claim to do.

I was just talking to a gynocologist a couple days ago. She said she wanted to know when the vaccine for boys would be out. She said that a lot of males carry the virus and have no symptoms at all. The answer she received was that they wanted to vaccinate the most vulnerable people first (the girls).

I also asked if there were any adverse side effects she had heard of. She told me no. She said that most people didn't even have the redness or soreness at the injection site. Now, this really pisses me off if there is information to the contrary that is not being passed along.