Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

A video produced by Jenny Thompson, director of The Health Sciences Institute, outlines the myths and untold dangers surrounding the vaccine Gardasil. Gardasil, manufactured by Merck & Co., is marketed as a preventive treatment for girls beginning at age 9 to protect them from cervical cancer. The drug actually targets the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts and precancerous lesions on the cervix. However, Thompson says, the drugmaker is pushing to make the drug mandatory for school-age girls, and minimizes the dangerous side effects experienced by many girls after receiving the vaccine.

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SM Mohammed Idris, president of the Consumers Association of Penang, recently wrote an opinion piece for the Malaysia Kini website, asking that the government reconsider its decision to vaccinate all 13-year-old girls in the country with Gardasil or Cervarix. According to the column, the country’s Ministry of Health (MOH) will spend RM 150 million annually for the vaccinations, which will affect about 300,000 girls. Idris warns the vaccine is “unnecessary, unscientific and unsafe.”

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