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		<title>New recommendations for Gardasil vaccine may put boys at risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite outcry from parents of girls who have received the HPV vaccine Gardasil, and criticism about the vaccine&#8217;s effectiveness from one of its own creators, this month the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed its use for boys. This follows a similar recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Critics of the vaccine, [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-394" title="risk vs benefit" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2011/07/risk-vs-benefit.jpg" alt="risk vs benefit New recommendations for Gardasil vaccine may put boys at risk" width="167" height="125" />Despite outcry from parents of girls who have received the <strong>HPV vaccine Gardasil</strong>, and criticism about the vaccine&#8217;s effectiveness from one of its own creators, this month the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed its use for boys. This follows a similar recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Critics of the vaccine, which has been linked to thousands of complaints of <strong>serious adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong>, are left to wonder why their voices are not being heard.<span id="more-505"></span></p>
<p>When it was introduced by manufacturer <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>, Inc., in 2006, Gardasil was marketed as a preventative treatment for <strong>cervical cancer</strong>. A glitzy ad campaign urged parents to vaccinate their daughters, to ensure that &#8220;One Less&#8221; girl would die of cervical cancer.</p>
<p>But what followed were mounting reports to the CDC&#8217;s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). To date, there have been more than 20,000 reports of serious <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> that developed after patients received one or more of the three scheduled doses of the vaccine. These include blood clots, <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/paralysis/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with paralysis">paralysis</a>, seizures, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome and pancreatitis.</p>
<p>Additionally, VAERS has collected information about 71 deaths among young people following HPV vaccinations, including three boys, as of September 15, 2011.</p>
<p>So far, physicians, health organizations like the CDC and the U.S. Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA), and of course the drug&#8217;s maker, <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>, insist that none of these reported <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> or deaths can be conclusively proven to be the result of the vaccine. A recent <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>-funded study insists clinical tests on patients who have received the vaccine demonstrate <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> no more serious than rashes, injection site swelling or fainting.</p>
<p>But at the heart of the matter is an even more important &#8211; and largely overlooked &#8211; question: does Gardasil do what it promises? Does it really prevent cancer?</p>
<p>According to Dr. Diane Harper, Professor and Vice-Chair of Research at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, specializing in Community and Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bioinformatics and Personalized Medicine, who worked on the team that developed Gardasil, &#8220;duration of efficacy is the key to the entire question.&#8221;</p>
<p>She tells the <em>Huffington Post</em> that while Gardasil does offer some protection to sexually active women from four specific types of HPV, there is no evidence the drug&#8217;s protections last longer than five years. This means if a child as young as 9 receives the vaccine &#8211; as &#8220;recommended&#8221; &#8211; generally when that child reaches an age where he or she may be sexually active, the vaccine&#8217;s protection will have run out.</p>
<p>While she emphasizes that choosing whether or not to receive a vaccine or to allow your child to be vaccinated is a personal one, she urges those considering the HPV vaccine to weigh the pros and cons very carefully. She said she feels the &#8220;One Less&#8221; marketing campaign was designed to scare more people into choosing the vaccine.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, the marketing campaign was designed to incite the greatest fear possible in parents, so that there would be uptake of the vaccine,&#8221; she tells the <em>Huffington Post</em>. &#8220;If parents and girls were told the benefits and harms of Pap screening and HPV vaccines &#8230; an informed and valued decision would have been able to be made. Many may have chosen to continue with a lifetime of Pap screening and forgo the vaccines, with the unknowns of duration of efficacy and safety unable to be answered for many more years.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fundamentally, Harper says, &#8220;Gardasil is not really a <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/cervical-cancer-vaccine/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with cervical cancer vaccine">cervical cancer vaccine</a>. The vaccine prevents HPV infection. Not the development of cervical cancer.&#8221;</p>
<p>So, yes, the HPV vaccine could prevent young men &#8211; within a five-year window of effectiveness &#8211; from developing HPV-related infections. But at what risk? And then what?</p>
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<p>Sources:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcia-g-yerman/an-interview-with-dr-dian_b_405472.html">Huffington Post</a><br />
<a href="http://bethlehem.patch.com/articles/local-nutritionist-speaks-out-against-gardasil">Bethlehem Patch</a><br />
<a href="http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/01/10290058-boys-should-get-hpv-shot-new-guidelines-urge?ocid=twitter">MSNBC</a></p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>Overestimating benefits of HPV vaccines could lead to increased risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric &#38; Adolescent Medicine indicates girls who receive HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines like Gardasil and Cervarix may overestimate the amount of protection the drug offers. According to the report, funded by the National Institutes of Health, some girls think they no longer have to practice safe sex [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric &amp; Adolescent Medicine indicates girls who receive HPV (<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a>) vaccines like Gardasil and Cervarix may overestimate the amount of protection the drug offers. According to the report, funded by the National Institutes of Health, some girls think they no longer have to practice safe sex after receiving the vaccination, or that they are protected from all types of HPV or protected from HPV indefinitely. In fact, vaccines such as Gardasil only protect against four of hundreds of types of HPV, and the vaccine&#8217;s effectiveness diminishes after about five to seven years.<span id="more-469"></span></p>
<p>Additionally, the U. S. Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have thousands of reports filed by patients that indicate the drug could be linked to serious <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a>. While the most commonly reported <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> are minor, such as swelling or redness at the injection site, fainting and nausea, some reports reflect a more dire outcome.</p>
<p>Patients have reported the development of severe adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> after receiving the drug, including Guilliane Barre syndrome, Lupus, seizures, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. There also have been 92 reports of deaths among girls who received the Gardasil vaccine. While these serious adverse events have not been conclusively linked to Gardasil, many researchers say the drug calls for more testing and stronger warnings.</p>
<p>In fact, one of the researchers who led the development of two HPV vaccines, Dr. Diane Harper, told an audience of medical professionals in 2009 that she feels the vaccine is largely unnecessary, and that it has never been fully tested on females under the age of 15. She pointed out that the HPV virus is the most common sexually transmitted virus, and that most HPV infections are cleared naturally by the body&#8217;s immune system without any harmful effect.</p>
<p>Dr. Harper also pointed out that any abnormalities in the cervix that may be caused by HPV can be easily detected and treated with regular Pap tests.</p>
<p>If the results of the recent NIH study hold true, however, adolescent girls who feel protected will have less concern about contracting HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases, and may use less caution in protecting themselves or seeking regular preventative treatment.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45849287/ns/health-cancer/?ocid=twitter#.TwMJflb_ESu">Reuters</a></p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>CDC recommends expansion of Gardasil use to boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee this week recommended expanding the use of the Gardasil vaccine, manufactured by Merck, to include boys and young men. The vaccine, which targets the human papillomavirus (HPV), previously has been recommended for girls, as a way to prevent cervical cancer caused by [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-458" title="cdc_logo" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2011/10/cdc_logo-300x220.jpg" alt="cdc logo 300x220 CDC recommends expansion of Gardasil use to boys" width="182" height="133" />As expected, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee this week recommended expanding the use of the <strong>Gardasil vaccine</strong>, manufactured by <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>, to include boys and young men. The vaccine, which targets the <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (HPV)</strong>, previously has been recommended for girls, as a way to prevent cervical cancer caused by certain types of HPV. Gardsil use had already been approved by the FDA to treat boys in October 2009, although it was not yet given &#8220;recommended&#8221; status. The CDC reports that approximately 32 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed in the United States since the vaccine was initially approved in 2006.<span id="more-451"></span></p>
<p>While on the surface it would seem like a no-brainer to protect children against a virus that may cause cancer, some experts are cautioning the government to slow down where Gardasil is concerned. Since its launch in 2006, there have been more than 20,000 reports filed with the agency&#8217;s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), claiming <strong>serious <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong> following the administration of the Gardasil vaccine. There also have been 92 <strong>reported deaths</strong> among girls who received the Gardasil vaccine.</p>
<p>Even one of the physicians who was a lead researcher in the development of Gardasil, Dr. Diane Harper, in 2009 expressed her concerns about the drug. She told an audience of medical professionals she feels the drug is &#8220;largely unnecessary,&#8221; as most HPV infections are cleared naturally by the body with no harmful effect. She pointed out that cervical abnormalities that may indicate a risk of cervical cancer are still easily detectable through the use of regular pap smears. And, unlike Gardasil, pap smears have no risk of adverse event and cost only a fraction of the cost of Gardasil.</p>
<p>Among its reasons for recommending the expanded use of the HPV vaccine to boys, the CDC advisory panel said it hopes that by vaccinating both genders there will be a reduction of transmission of the virus back and forth. The panel also pointed to recent studies possibly linking HPV to penile and rectal cancers, as well as head and neck cancer.</p>
<p>Gardasil has been in the national spotlight lately as a result of comments made by U.S. presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann, who after a GOP presidential debate said a woman in the audience told her the drug caused her daughter to become &#8220;mentally retarded.&#8221; Medical experts said there is no evidence that Gardasil causes &#8220;mental retardation,&#8221; and brush off <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> as relatively minor, including fever, swelling at the injection site, and headache.</p>
<p>But thousands of parents claim that after receiving the Gardasil vaccine, which never completed Phase 3 clinical testing, their daughters suffered serious adverse events including Guillain Barre syndrome, lupus, seizures, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, among others. They argue children who receive the <strong>HPV vaccine</strong> are little more than &#8220;human guinea pigs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/health/hpv-vaccine/">CNN</a></p>
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<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s GOP Presidential debate, candidate Michele Bachmann criticized Texas Governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry for his attempt to mandate the use of Gardasil in his state. Gardasil, manufactured by Merck, is promoted as a preventive treatment against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus linked to the development of cervical cancer. Following [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-420" title="Michele Bachmann" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2011/09/Michele-Bachmann-100x100.jpg" alt="Michele Bachmann 100x100 Did Bachmann overblow Gardasil side effects? What are the risks?" width="100" height="100" />In this week’s GOP Presidential debate, candidate <strong>Michele Bachmann</strong> criticized Texas Governor and presidential candidate <strong>Rick Perry</strong> for his attempt to mandate the use of <strong>Gardasil</strong> in his state. Gardasil, manufactured by <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a></strong>, is promoted as a preventive treatment against <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (HPV)</strong>, a sexually transmitted virus linked to the development of <strong>cervical cancer</strong>. Following a public outcry in the state of Texas, the mandate was overturned. Bachmann objected to the mandate for political reasons, but also expressed concerns that any parent might feel about being required to give their child a relatively new vaccine, about possible <strong>adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong>.<span id="more-419"></span></p>
<p>But in at least two news interviews after the debate, Bachmann told reporters Gardasil was linked to mental retardation as a possible side effect. She says she received this information from a parent she spoke with after the debate, whose child had received the Gardasil vaccine. This account left medical experts scratching their heads, as mental retardation is not listed among the adverse events currently reported in connection with Gardasil.</p>
<p>The controversy is leaving many wondering, did Bachmann simply misunderstand the adverse event described to her by a young girl’s distraught mother, or is she trying to sensationalize her story? Perhaps even more importantly, what are the risks associated with Gardasil?</p>
<p>Since Gardasil’s introduction in 2006, the <strong>Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)</strong> has received more than 20,000 reports of adverse <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong> related to Gardasil. These reports do include serious adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> including Guillain Barre syndrome, lupus, seizures, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, among others. There also have been 92 reported deaths among girls who received the Gardasil vaccine.</p>
<p>In 2009, Dr. Diane Harper, one of the lead researchers in the development of two HPV vaccines, told an audience of medical professionals that in her opinion Gardasil is actually largely unnecessary. Almost all HPV infections are cleared naturally by the body’s immune system without harmful effect, she pointed out. In fact, Harper says, the rate of cervical cancer in the U.S. is so low, that vaccination is not expected to reduce the rate of cervical cancer in the U.S. <em>at all</em>.</p>
<p>Add to that, the vaccine has not been proven to last more than 5 years. In order for there to be true prevention, the vaccine would have to last a lifetime. For the target audience, 11-12-year-old girls, the vaccine is not likely to last long enough to protect them when they do become sexually active. However, cervical abnormalities that may indicate a risk of cervical cancer are still easily detectable through the use of regular pap smears. And, unlike Gardasil, pap smears have no risk of adverse event and cost only a fraction of the cost of Gardasil.</p>
<p>Despite the questions, by October 2009 the FDA had expanded the use of Gardasil in the U.S., approving it to treat boys and young men ages 9-26 for the prevention of genital warts, throat and anal cancers linked to HPV, as well as to curtail the spread of HPV. The <strong>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</strong> reports that approximately 32 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed in the United States since about September 2006.</p>
<p>Though Michele Bachmann’s attempt to point out the risks of Gardasil may not have been artful, she should be applauded for her attempt to spotlight the <strong>problems with Gardasil</strong>. Gardasil is a vaccination that is costly, potentially dangerous, and likely ineffective at preventing cancer. The cost and the risk of injury far outweigh any benefits. Rather than encouraging vaccination, the wiser course would be to proceed with great caution in the vaccination of young girls and boys.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>Gardasil: do the benefits really outweigh the risks?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is much debate about the vaccine Gardasil, which was introduced in 2006 for girls, and marketed as a weapon against cervical cancer. The vaccine actually targets human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus that is linked to the development of cervical cancer. While originally targeted only at girls and young women, the FDA recently [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-394" title="risk vs benefit" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2011/07/risk-vs-benefit.jpg" alt="risk vs benefit Gardasil: do the benefits really outweigh the risks?" width="167" height="125" />There is much debate about the vaccine <strong>Gardasil</strong>, which was introduced in 2006 for girls, and marketed as a weapon against <strong>cervical cancer</strong>. The vaccine actually targets <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (HPV)</strong>, a sexually transmitted virus that is linked to the development of cervical cancer. While originally targeted only at girls and young women, the FDA recently expanded approval of the drug for use in boys and young men, to prevent the spread of HPV.<span id="more-392"></span></p>
<p>However, since its introduction, Gardasil, which is manufactured by <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> &amp; Co., has come under scrutiny following thousands of reports of <strong>serious adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong> tied to the drug. There also have been more than 80 instances of <strong>deaths</strong> following the Gardasil vaccine. The drug company and doctors say there is currently no way to conclusively link the drug to these <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> and deaths, but parents are not so sure.</p>
<p>In 2009, Dr. Diane Harper, one of the lead researchers in the development of two HPV vaccines, told an audience of medical professionals that in her opinion Gardasil is actually largely unnecessary. Almost all HPV infections are cleared naturally by the body&#8217;s immune system without harmful effect, she pointed out. The Gardasil vaccine targets only four of hundreds of strains of HPV and, of those, only two that are most high-risk of causing cervical cancer. Also, in the case of young women, regular Pap tests can usually identify any changes in cervical cells, and treatment administered before they become cancerous.</p>
<p>The vaccine was rushed to market before phase 3 clinical trials were complete. But in the months following the vaccine’s introduction, the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) began tracking reports of minor adverse events, but also serious reactions including anaphylaxis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, transverse myelitis, pancreatitis and venous thromboembolic events (blood clots).</p>
<p>Because the VAERS is a voluntary reporting system, many physicians and researchers believe the actual incidence of events linked to this vaccine may be much higher.</p>
<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that approximately 32 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed in the United States since about September 2010. Now that the market has been expanded to include children of both genders, it’s frightening to imagine the possible consequences.</p>
<p>Parents who are considering whether to include Gardasil when choosing vaccinations for their child should ask themselves, “Is the relatively limited benefit of this vaccine really worth the risk?”</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc., a non-profit organization established to promote safe, affordable, necessary, effective vaccines and vaccination practices, has announced a combined effort of concerned citizens worldwide to insist on government compliance with regulations and guidelines in the implementation and monitoring of vaccines. In particular, the outreach effort is focusing on Gardasil, manfuactured by Merck and [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-56" title="gardasil logo" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2008/09/gardasil-logo.jpg" alt="gardasil logo Vaccine watchdog group promotes letter writing campaign against Gardasil" width="160" height="120" />S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc., a non-profit organization established to promote safe, affordable, necessary, effective vaccines and vaccination practices, has announced a combined effort of concerned citizens worldwide to insist on government compliance with regulations and guidelines in the implementation and monitoring of vaccines. In particular, the outreach effort is focusing on Gardasil, manfuactured by <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> and marketed as a preventive for cervical cancer by targeting the <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (HPV). According to a recent news release, SaneVax is encouraging an open letter writing campaign addressing the issue of vaccine safety.<span id="more-382"></span></p>
<p>The campaign is aimed at two senior scientists in the U.S. government &#8211; Dr. Mark Schiffman, who SaneVax identifies as a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the official medical monitor of the HPV vaccine clinical trial; and Dr. Lauri Markowitz, a senior scientific officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who is it says is responsible for instituting a post-licensure marketing program for HPV vaccines. Supporters of stronger regulations also are sending letters to their Congressional representatives.</p>
<p>According to the release, the letters demand the government &#8220;comply with the law and immediately implement a reliable post-licensure monitoring program to validate the benefits of the HPV vaccine, being marketed as a cancer vaccine, indeed outweigh its risks to consumers.&#8221;</p>
<p>Since Gardasil was approved for use in girls beginning as early as age 9, in 2006, there have been numerous reports of serious adverse events linked to the drug. <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">Side effects</a> reported following the vaccination include blood clots, immune deficiency disorders like Lupus, brain inflammation, seizures and even death. Because most <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> are reported through the voluntary Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), some advocates believe the incidence of serious <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> is higher than officially reported, as some victims would not think to link the drug to later health problems, and so these problems go unreported.</p>
<p>Manufacturer <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> maintains the drug is safe, and says that there is no conclusive link between the drug and later adverse health events. In fact, the drug recently received expanded approval by the FDA for use in boys and young men, for the prevention of HPV, and the reduction of incidence of penile, anal and oral cancers.</p>
<p>For more information, and sample letters, visit the website &#8220;<a href="http://www.gardasil-and-unexplained-deaths.com/">Gardasil and Unexplained Deaths</a>.&#8221; This site is operated by Emily Tarsel, whose daughter, Chris, who died days after receiving the Gardasil vaccine.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://sanevax.org/">SANEVax online</a>.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Academy of Pediatrics recently added Gardasil to its list of recommended vaccines for young men starting at age 9, for the prevention of genital warts. The vaccine, which protects against four strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) already was recommended for girls by the age of 11 or 12 as a preventive measure [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics recently added <strong>Gardasil</strong> to its list of recommended vaccines for young men starting at age 9, for the prevention of genital warts. The vaccine, which protects against four strains of the <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (HPV)</strong> already was recommended for girls by the age of 11 or 12 as a preventive measure against cervical cancer. However, parents should carefully weigh the pros and cons of this relatively new vaccine, which was approved by the FDA in 2006. Thousands of <strong>adverse event reports</strong> are attached to the vaccine, and it has been linked to more than 50 <strong>deaths</strong>.<span id="more-323"></span></p>
<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that approximately 32 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed in the United States since about September 2010. They argue that the more than 17,000 reports of serious adverse events &#8211; including things like immune deficiencies, Lupus, seizures, and blood clots in addition to the reports of deaths following administration of the vaccine &#8211; make up a relatively small percentage of the total number of doses given.</p>
<p>But do parents really want to take a gamble on that kind of risk?</p>
<p>Until recently the vaccine has been given exclusively to girls, with no recommendations for its use in boys. Now that the market has been expanded to include children of both genders, it&#8217;s frightening to imagine the possible consequences.</p>
<p>According to information about HPV found at <a href="http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/hpv-treatment-is-there-hpv-cure">WebMD</a>, the infection is very common, affecting about 20 million people in the U.S. HPV could cause genital warts or abnormal changes in the cervix and other genital areas that can lead to cancer. However, for most people, the body will clear HPV infection on its own. Women are encouraged to get a gynecological examination and Pap smear annually as the best way to detect and treat pre-cancerous cells, whether or not they have ever received the Gardasil vaccine.</p>
<p>Because the vaccine only prevents against a fraction of the types of HPV, and because the vaccine&#8217;s efficacy is only 5 years from the point of vaccination, receiving the shots does not guarantee a person will never develop HPV.</p>
<p>Parents who are considering whether to include Gardasil when choosing vaccinations for their child should ask themselves, &#8220;Is the relatively limited benefit of this vaccine really worth the risk?&#8221;</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110202/hl_ac/7765218_hpv_vaccine_included_on_new_immunization_schedule#mwpphu-container">Yahoo! News</a></p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study, funded by Merck Research Laboratories, a division of Merck &#38; Company, which manufactures and markets the Gardasil vaccine, is touting the drug for use not only as protection against cervical cancer, but also to prevent genital warts and other low-grade cervical growths. The study uses its findings to also promote expansion of [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2010/08/vaccine-bottle-literature.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-189" title="vaccine bottle, literature" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2010/08/vaccine-bottle-literature-100x100.jpg" alt="vaccine bottle literature 100x100 Drug industry studies promote expanded uses for Gardasil vaccine" width="100" height="100" /></a>A recent study, funded by <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> Research Laboratories, a division of <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> &amp; Company, which manufactures and markets the <strong>Gardasil vaccine</strong>, is touting the drug for use not only as protection against <strong>cervical cancer</strong>, but also to prevent g<strong>enital warts</strong> and other low-grade cervical growths. The study uses its findings to also promote expansion of the drug&#8217;s target market to include boys and young men. Previously, the drug has been targeted at girls beginning at age 9.<span id="more-186"></span></p>
<p>According to a report on U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s <a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/cancer/articles/2010/07/20/new-study-finds-hpv-vaccine-protects-against-genital-warts.html">Health Day</a>, the study involved a randomized control trial of nearly 18,000 women ages 16-26, and was conducted by the department of medical microbiology at Lund University, Malmo University in Sweden. Researchers report &#8220;significant protection&#8221; against the warts and other growths in &#8220;susceptible women.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gardasil entered the scene in2006 as a drug intended to protect young women against the development of cervical cancer by vaccinating against four strains of <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">Human Papillomavirus</a> (HPV)</strong>. The vaccine is given as a series of three shots. It has an efficacy period of about five years.</p>
<p>However, since its introduction, Gardasil has come under fire as it has been linked to <strong>serious adverse events</strong>. Parents of young girls who receive the vaccine, or young women who received the vaccine, have reported experiencing <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a> after receiving the vaccine, which they blame on the drug. Complaints range from fainting and muscle weakness to serious auto-immune deficiencies, chronic pain, Lupus, blood clots, seizures and even more than 50 reports of deaths. The makers of Gardasil deny any connection to the vaccine.</p>
<p>As of May 31, 2010, the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaccines/hpv/gardasil.html">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</a> has received more than 16,000 reports of adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a>, reported by consumers through the FDA&#8217;s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The CDC has record of 53 U.S. reports of death among females who have received Gardasil. Twenty-nine of these reports have been confirmed.</p>
<p>Now, it appears the push is on to add boys to this list. <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> generated more than $1 billion in sales during the first year Gardasil was available. Is it any wonder the drug maker is eager to expand its customer base?</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>Gardasil injures and kills many, but no recall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Examiner opinion editor Barbara Hollingsworth raises an interesting question about Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil: If 52 deaths linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles prompted massive, multi-billion-dollar recalls, then why is Gardasil still administered to thousands of school-age girls when it has been linked to 49 deaths in a briefer time span? [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Washington Examiner</em> opinion editor Barbara Hollingsworth raises an interesting question about <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s <strong>cervical cancer</strong> vaccine <strong>Gardasil</strong>: If 52 deaths linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles prompted massive, multi-billion-dollar recalls, then why is Gardasil still administered to thousands of school-age girls when it has been linked to 49 deaths in a briefer time span?<span id="more-109"></span></p>
<p>It’s a rhetorical question, but it makes you wonder if it’s somehow more permissible to be <strong>killed or injured by a drug</strong> than it is by a defective automobile.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a></strong> has lobbied federal regulators hard to make Gardasil mandatory for all American schoolgirls. Fortunately, the drug giant’s vision of requiring every girl in the nation to receive its three-tiered shot fell short of becoming law. Although many states require sixth-grade girls to receive the shot, parents have the legal right to refuse it. But very few of them know about the drug’s risks and how it has harmed and occasionally killed perfectly healthy girls.</p>
<p>According to the <em>Washington Examiner</em>, 20-year-old Mary Katherine Davison of Frederick, Maryland, became <strong>dizzy and nauseated</strong> after receiving her second Gardasil shot in January 2008. Although her two younger sisters had no reactions, Mary Katherine suffered a <strong>massive stroke</strong> and spent 2 months in rehab re-learning how to walk. Her mother, Mary Davison, said that she made no connection between her daughter’s stroke and Gardasil until Mary Katherine’s doctor refused to schedule her for the final Gardasil shot.</p>
<p>Days later, 17-year-old Jessica Ericzon of Alexandria Bay, New York, <strong>collapsed and died</strong> on the bathroom floor just 40 hours after receiving her third Gardasil shot. Jessica had complained of <strong>pain</strong> and <strong>dizziness</strong> after her second shot, but sadly nobody connected her symptoms to Garsdasil.</p>
<p>21-year-old Christina Tarsell of Sparks, Maryland, received her third Gardasil shot and spent more then 2 weeks feeling dizzy, nauseated and fatigued before she died.</p>
<p>&#8220;We had no clue that these were all symptoms of something,&#8221; her mother told the <em>Washington Examiner</em>. In all these cases, autopsies and <strong>toxicology screenings</strong> failed to determine the cause of death.</p>
<p>Naturally, <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> defends its Gardasil vaccine. The pharmaceutical giant also has a powerful ally in the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/">CDC</a>, which officially reported in 2008 that Gardasil recipients didn’t experience <strong>negative reactions</strong> any more than non-recipients.</p>
<p>That claim, however, was countered by the <a href="http://www.NVIC.org/">National Vaccine Information Center</a>, which used the same CDC data to show that Gardasil was linked to “at least four times as many death and cardiac arrest reports&#8221; as Cervarix and &#8220;seemed to be associated with an unusually high number of reports of atypical collapse.”</p>
<p>&#8220;CDC is still saying this is a safe vaccine. With Pap smears, there was no medical reason for fast-tracking FDA approval. They made it (cervical cancer) sound like it was some kind of pandemic,&#8221; Christina Tarsell’s mother, Emily, told the <em>Washington Examiner</em>, adding that nobody from the CDC will respond to her calls.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Time-for-the-truth-about-Gardasil-89466882.html">http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Time-for-the-truth-about-Gardasil-89466882.html</a></p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>January is cervical cancer awareness month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Niland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women considering receiving the Gardasil vaccine for themselves or their daughters  may encounter a lot of confusing, sometimes contradictory information and sweeping generalizations. Because January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month, more women and girls may be seeking information about human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil, and the more recently approved vaccine Cervarix, which makes it even more [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Women considering receiving the <strong>Gardasil</strong> vaccine for themselves or their daughters  may encounter a lot of confusing, sometimes contradictory information and sweeping generalizations. Because January is <a href="http://www.nccc-online.org/awareness.html">Cervical Cancer Awareness</a> month, more women and girls may be seeking information about <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (<strong>HPV</strong>), <strong>Gardasil</strong>, and the more recently approved vaccine <strong>Cervarix</strong>, which makes it even more important that truth about the vaccine be known.<span id="more-97"></span></p>
<p>First, the vaccines are known to have <strong>serious risks</strong>. The threat of <strong>blood clots</strong>, <strong>seizure</strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/paralysis/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with paralysis">paralysis</a></strong>, outbreak of <strong>warts</strong>, and <strong>sudden death</strong> has been documented in thousands of adverse event reports obtained by <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/">Judicial Watch</a> under Freedom of Information law. The risks may be small for most of the women and girls who receive the vaccines (administered in a series of three shots), but they are nonetheless real.</p>
<p>Girls and women who are not sexually active are not at risk of contracting HPV. <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> lobbyists pushed to make the shots mandatory for all school girls as young as 9 years old. However, unless those 9-year-olds are sexually active, their chances of becoming infected with HPV and developing cervical <strong>cancer</strong> are zero.</p>
<p>Women who receive regular pap screenings are at minimal risk of developing cervical cancer because testing will detect precancers if they are present. Precancerous cells can be treated safely and effectively with traditional therapies to prevent the development of cancer.</p>
<p>The incidence of cervical cancer among women who do not receive screening or vaccination is about 90 per 100,000. According to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcia-g-yerman/an-interview-with-dr-dian_b_405472.html">Dr. Diane Harper</a>, who is widely regarded as the top expert on HPV and the Gardasil vaccine, “the combination of HPV vaccine and screening in the U.S. will not decrease the incidence of cervical cancer to any measurable degree at the population level.” That assertion contradicts the claims of some HPV vaccine advocates.</p>
<p>So who might HPV vaccines benefit? Sexually active women who don’t receive regular pap tests would benefit the most, but only if they are willing to assume the risk of being either injured by the vaccine or, in the rare event, killed. For the vast majority of women, the risks of receiving Gardasil or Cervarix vaccinations simply outweigh any benefits.</p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&amp;t=0&amp;id=23815">http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&amp;t=0&amp;id=23815</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/3228514/Concerned-mum-sets-up-vaccine-site">http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/3228514/Concerned-mum-sets-up-vaccine-site</a></p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>HPV authority says pap tests make Gardasil vaccine unnecessary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When asked if she believed the Gardasil vaccine presented more risks to girls and women than the possibility of cervical cancer, Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development told journalist Marcia Yerman that Gardasil has little to no benefit for women who receive Pap screening. Pap smears are screening [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When asked if she believed the <strong>Gardasil vaccine </strong>presented more <strong>risks</strong> to girls and women than the possibility of <strong>cervical cancer</strong>, Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (<strong>HPV</strong>) vaccine development told journalist Marcia Yerman that Gardasil has little to no benefit for women who receive Pap screening.<span id="more-90"></span></p>
<p>Pap smears are screening tests used by gynecologists to detect cervical cancer cells. Changes in the cell processes signal the development of cervical cancer and prompt the physician to start treatment.</p>
<p>According to Dr. Harper, “Pap smears have never killed anyone. Pap smears are an effective screening tool to prevent cervical cancer. <strong>Pap smears alone prevent more cervical cancers</strong> than can the vaccines alone.”</p>
<p>“Gardasil is associated with serious <strong>adverse events</strong>, including <strong>death</strong>,” Dr. Harper explained. “If Gardasil is given to 11-year-olds, and the vaccine does not last at least 15 years, then there is no benefit &#8211; and only risk &#8211; for the young girl.”</p>
<p>Without boosters, Gardasil vaccines remain effective for five years.</p>
<p>“Vaccinating will not reduce the population incidence of cervical cancer if the woman continues to get Pap screening throughout her life,” Dr. Harper added.</p>
<p>Dr. Harper told Yerman in a written communication that she disagreed with <strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s campaign</strong> to make the vaccine mandatory for school-age girls.</p>
<p>“The decision to be vaccinated must be the woman&#8217;s (or parent&#8217;s if it is for a young child), and not the physician&#8217;s or any board of health, as the vaccination contains personal risk that only the person can value.”</p>
<p>The choice to receive the Gardasil vaccine “is entirely a personal value judgment,” Dr. Harper said.</p>
<p>When asked about <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s “one less” <strong>marketing campaign</strong>, Dr. Harper told Yerman that it “was designed to incite the greatest <strong>fear</strong> possible in parents, so that there would be uptake of the vaccine.”</p>
<p>&#8220;If women were participating in Pap screening, or if as a parent you educated your daughter to seek Pap screening at the appropriate age (21 years) for her entire life, then she would have been very unlikely to be at risk for being &#8220;one&#8221; and would not be &#8220;one less,&#8221; Dr. Harper told Yerman.</p>
<p>“She would not have been &#8216;one&#8217; to begin with!”</p>
<p>To read the entire interview with Dr. Harper, please click <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcia-g-yerman/an-interview-with-dr-dian_b_405472.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently rescinded its controversial and, some argued, discriminatory requirement that all girls and women ages 11 to 26 immigrating to the United States receive at least one injection of Gardasil, Merck’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The directive went into effect in July of last year, mandating Gardasil shots [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2009/12/statue-of-liberty.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-76" title="statue of liberty" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2009/12/statue-of-liberty-100x100.jpg" alt="statue of liberty 100x100 CDC drops Gardasil from list of must have vaccines for immigants" width="100" height="100" /></a>The <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> recently rescinded its controversial and, some argued, discriminatory requirement that all girls and women ages 11 to 26 immigrating to the United States receive at least one injection of <strong>Gardasil</strong>, <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/human-papillomavirus/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with human papillomavirus">human papillomavirus</a> (<strong>HPV</strong>) vaccine. <span id="more-72"></span></p>
<p>The directive went into effect in July of last year, mandating Gardasil shots for immigrant females despite mounting evidence that the shots could cause <strong>serious injury</strong> and <strong>death</strong>. The shots were also required of females who posed no risk of contracting or spreading HPV to the wider population.</p>
<p>In determining which vaccines immigrants are required to have, the CDC’s rule of thumb is that the vaccine must target viruses that could potentially cause an outbreak and viruses that either have been eliminated from the United States or are in the process of elimination. HPV does not fit any of the criteria.</p>
<p>Immigrants are still required to undergo a series of 15 other vaccinations before gaining U.S. resident status and citizenship. Neither federal health officials nor the <strong>pharmaceutical companies</strong> have tested the safety of vaccinations in combination. No research has been conducted on the interaction of Gardasil vaccines with other vaccines and what adverse effects such cocktails could have on the recipient.</p>
<p>Soon after the CDC added Gardasil to the list of required vaccines for immigrants, more than 100 advocacy groups representing women, immigrants, and consumer health challenged the requirement, protesting that it was unfair to require HPV vaccines for immigrants but not all U.S. citizens.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a></strong> had been lobbying hard to make the vaccines mandatory for all school-age American girls, but their plans were strongly opposed by an unlikely band of abstinence-only conservatives, Big Pharma critics, individual parents and parent groups, a growing anti-vaccine movement, and a number of consumer advocacy and women’s rights groups.</p>
<p>The 3-shot series costs between $300 and $1,000, putting a financial strain on immigrants already burdened by thousands of dollars in application fees and mandatory medical exams. Mandatory Gardasil vaccinations would have provided <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> with a revenue stream of at least $4 billion annually.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>Despite risks and expense, FDA approves Gardasil for boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which informs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on vaccine use and policy, declined to advocate for Gardasil&#8217;s systematic and widespread use in boys and men. The human papilloma virus, or HPV, does not present the same risks of cancer in males as it does in females, but it [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which informs the <a href="http://www.fda.gov/">U.S. Food and Drug Administration</a> on vaccine use and policy, declined to advocate for <strong>Gardasil&#8217;s</strong> systematic and widespread use in boys and men. The human papilloma virus, or <strong>HPV</strong>, does not present the same risks of cancer in males as it does in females, but it can lead to the development genital warts. <span id="more-63"></span></p>
<p>Although the committee did not press for the use of Gardasil in men, it did advise U.S. doctors to use the vaccine at their discretion. It also recommended that the shot be included in the federally funded <strong>Vaccines for Children</strong> program for boys <strong>9 to 18</strong> years old.</p>
<p>The FDA approved Gardasil on October 16 for use in preventing genital warts in males age 9 to 26. Men may carry HPV and never know about it unless it develops into warts, and even then there are no long-term effects. On the other hand, women infected with genital warts are at risk of developing <strong>cervical cancers</strong>.</p>
<p>Gardasil only protects against 4 strains of HPV that cause cancer and 2 strains that cause warts.</p>
<p>Vaccinating boys and men with Gardasil would primarily be done to reduce the number of females exposed to HPV. However, the <strong>serious risks</strong> that the Gardasil shots carry, combined with their steep cost – about $500 for a complete regimen – leave many health professionals and patients questioning whether the vaccines are worth it.</p>
<p>Since 2006, when the FDA approved Gardasil for use in females, more than <strong>15,000 girls</strong> have reported <strong>adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong> to the FDA’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Reactions that have been officially reported include brain inflammation, seizures, blood clots, <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/paralysis/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with paralysis">paralysis</a>, lupus, Guilliane Barre Syndrome, and several others. 44 deaths attributed to the vaccine have been reported to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> (CDC).</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a></strong>, which stands to earn billions from the shots, maintains that the vaccine is safe and that the benefits outweigh the risks. But for thousands of girls and women injured by Gardasil, the vaccines were anything but harmless – a fact made more frustratingly tragic by the lead developer’s own admission that Gardasil is <a href="http://www.beasleyallen.com/news/HPV-vaccine-developer-speaks-out-against-Gardasil,-Cervarix/">ineffective and unnecessary</a>.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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		<title>Gardasil poses unnecessary risk of injury, death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development, astonished her peers at the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination last month when she spoke out against Merck’s Gardasil vaccination, rather than promote it as she was expected to do. Dr. Harper, who serves as director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention [...]<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2008/09/gardasil-logo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-56" title="gardasil logo" src="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/media/2008/09/gardasil-logo.jpg" alt="gardasil logo Gardasil poses unnecessary risk of injury, death" width="160" height="120" /></a>Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in <strong>human papilloma virus (HPV)</strong> <strong>vaccine</strong> development, astonished her peers at the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination last month when she spoke out against <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s <strong>Gardasil</strong> vaccination, rather than promote it as she was expected to do.<br />
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Dr. Harper, who serves as director of the <strong>Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group</strong> at the University of Missouri, opened her presentation with an overview of HPV that didn’t exactly inspire confidence in the usefulness of the vaccine. The rate of cervical cancer, which is caused by HPV, she said, was already so low and so treatable in the U.S. that vaccinations would effectively do nothing to lower it.</p>
<p>Preventative measures and current treatments are already lowering the occurrence of HPV and <strong>cervical cancer</strong> faster than the vaccination could, Dr. Harper said, explaining that the cervical cancer rate will be reduced more than 91 percent in 60 years time without the vaccination.</p>
<p>But Dr. Harper’s explanation of Gardasil’s uselessness wasn’t as eye-opening or alarming as some of her other allegations. In light of <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s aggressive lobbying efforts to make Gardasil mandatory for school-age girls, it’s especially upsetting that Dr. Harper told her audience that the manufacturer never conducted any <strong>safety or efficacy trials</strong> in girls under 15 years old and that vaccinating young girls en masse amounted to “a great big <strong>public health experiment</strong>.”</p>
<p>That <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> would develop an <strong>unnecessary vaccine</strong>, force it on the public, and then take a “wait and see” approach to gauge its safety is unconscionable. One can only imagine the dollar signs <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s leadership saw as they looked upon a whole nation of girls unvaccinated against HPV.</p>
<p>Any corporation like <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> that holds the health of millions in its grasp wields a staggering amount of power. It should upset the millions of American moms and dads that <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a> regards their young daughters as guinea pigs – the unwitting subjects of a <strong>vaccination experiment</strong> destined to add billions more dollars to its corporate coffers. How many health professionals and medical organizations have been swayed by <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s political lobbying, financial rewards, misinformation and other abuses of that power?</p>
<p>A lot, I suspect. My younger sister has four daughters who range in age from 16 years to 2. When she takes her two oldest daughters for check ups, the pediatrician typically tells her she should have them vaccinated against HPV with injections of Gardasil. Most recently, the doctor pressured my sister to have her 11-year-old vaccinated.</p>
<p>Fortunately, my sister decided to research the vaccine before agreeing to the shots and has said no.</p>
<p>“It’s such a shame that companies are allowed to prey on kids like that,” my sister told me, adding that she is glad she has repeatedly told the doctors “no” to the shots in light of the news that they are dangerous and potentially deadly to some girls.</p>
<p>Since Gardasil first appeared in 2006, 15,037 inoculated girls have reported <strong>adverse <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/side-effects/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with side effects">side effects</a></strong> to the <strong>Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)</strong>. Reactions that have been officially reported include brain inflammation, seizures, blood clots, <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/paralysis/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with paralysis">paralysis</a>, lupus, Guilliane Barre Syndrome, and several others. 44 <strong>deaths</strong> attributed to the vaccine have been reported to the <strong>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</strong>.</p>
<p>If what Dr. Harper says is true, then all 44 of those deaths were completely unnecessary. That even more women and girls will be sacrificed for <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/tag/merck/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Merck">Merck</a>’s bottom line as Gardasil shots are unnecessarily doled out is nothing less than criminal.</p>
<p>SOURCE: <a href="<a href="http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com">the Truth about Gardasil</a>">Beasley Allen Case Site</a></p>
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