The HPV Vaccine: Herd Immunity or Human Sacrifice?

The HPV Vaccine: Herd Immunity or Human Sacrifice?







(NaturalNews) Reports of adverse reactions to the new HPV vaccine are
escalating. One particularly heart-wrenching example is the story of an
active 12-year-old little girl named Brittany who recently lost all
feeling in her leg and collapsed two weeks after receiving the Gardasil
vaccine. Although she once had dreams of earning an athletic
scholarship, she now struggles to hobble around each day with the aid of
braces and a walker, First Coast News reports. According to the
article, she has been diagnosed with Acute Demyelinating
Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), a condition characterized by inflammation of
the brain and associated with the vaccination (http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=95...) .

Like many other parents, this girl's mother had no idea that this kind
of reaction to the vaccine was possible and never would've allowed her
daughter to receive it had she been made aware of this. To add insult
to injury, people who are injured by the vaccine cannot even sue Merck,
the maker of the Gardasil vaccine, because the vaccine is part of the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund. Unfortunately, the only
recourse for those injured by this vaccine is to file a claim with the
government. Translation: compensation of the victims becomes the
responsibility of taxpayers.

While the FDA may claim that adverse reactions to this vaccine are
rare, a review of the U.S.'s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
(VAERS) data shows that thousands and thousands of adverse reactions
have been reported in the United States alone (http://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php?PAGENO=1&PERPAGE=10&VA...)
. Girls from other countries have been injured by this vaccine, as
well. Hundreds of Australian girls have experienced side effects like
paralysis, dizzy spells and seizures, but Australia's Department of
Health and Ageing won't release any of the details (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22860011-421,00.html) . According to LifeSiteNews,
The European Medicines Agency reports that there were two more women
who died not long after they received the vaccine, one in Austria and
one in Germany (http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08012809.html) . The Financial Times
reports that there have been eleven deaths and a wide array of other
adverse reactions, including Bells Palsy, Guillan-Barre syndrome,
seizures, blood clotting, heart problems, and even miscarriages and
fetal abnormalities amongst pregnant women who received the vaccine (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/728046c4-e15b-11dc-a302-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uu...) .

Many doctors are not recommending this vaccine, because in addition to
the serious adverse reactions and deaths that have been reported, they
have concerns about the vaccine's long-term safety and efficacy. In her
well-written book called The Parents' Concise Guide to Childhood Vaccinations,
Dr. Lauren Feder notes that the pain that many girls experience after
the shot is probably due to the aluminum adjuvants in the vaccine. She
also cautions that the vaccine contains polysorbate 80, a substance
linked to infertility in mice. After some deliberation, it was her
opinion that the vaccine had more risks than benefits.

One vaccine researcher, Diane M. Harper, a physician and someone who
has spent twenty years on the development of the HPV vaccine, has
publicly stated through a KPC News report that giving this vaccine to
young girls is a "great big public health experiment," as this
vaccine's safety and efficacy for young girls is unknown (http://www.kpcnews.com/articles/2007/03/14/online_features/hpv_vaccin...)
. She notes that HPV is a skin infection and can be spread in ways
other than sex, and it's quite possible that tiny girls have already
been exposed to the strains of HPV covered by the vaccine which would
render the vaccine ineffective. She thinks the vaccine should only be
offered to women 18 and older, and only if they have first tested
negative for the strains of HPV covered by the vaccine. Of course,
testing tiny girls with a vaginal swab to see if they've already been
exposed would be wholly inappropriate. Harper has many other concerns,
as outlined in the news report, but she is having trouble getting her
views heard through mainstream media. Another concern voiced by Harper
and many other doctors is that even if someone gets the HPV vaccine,
regular pap smears are still needed, as the vaccine doesn't protect
against all strains of HPV.

The reason many doctors like this vaccine is because HPV can cause
cervical cancer. According to the CDC, certain types of HPV can cause
genital warts, and certain types of HPV can cause cervical and other
cancers (http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm)
. The types of HPV that can cause genital warts are considered
low-risk and are not the same as the types that cause cancer. Again,
genital warts will not turn into cancer. However, the CDC reports that
in 90% of all cases of HPV, including both the wart-causing and the
cancer-causing varieties, the body's immune system will clear the
infection naturally within two years. In fact, the CDC maintains that
most people who contract HPV will not have any symptoms at all.

But just how common is cervical cancer in the United States? To answer
this question, it is useful to look at some statistics that Kaiser has
posted on its website concerning the incidence of cervical cancer in
the United States (http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=473&cat=10)
. The statistics are available by state and by ethnicity. For example,
in the state of Maryland, 9.3 out of every 100,000 women contracted
cervical cancer in 2003. Without considering any of the personal risk
factors (like cervical cancer in the family), the general risk for
someone living in Maryland would be 9.3/100000 or .0093% chance of
contracting this disease. It is important to note that many people have
pre-cancerous lesions that are treated by their doctors and that data
is not reflected here. However, generally speaking, assuming that a
woman gets regular pap smears, the risk for developing cervical cancer
seems relatively small. Using the state of Maryland as an example
again, according to the statistics provided by Kaiser, only 2.5 out of
every 100,000 women or .0025% actually died from cervical cancer in the
state of Maryland in 2004.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 80% of all cervical cancer deaths happen in developing countries (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr27/en/)
. The remaining deaths from cervical cancer are divided amongst all of
the other developed nations. However, there is currently a big push in
the United States for girls to have this vaccine. According to
CorpWatch.org, Merck even lobbied to make the vaccine mandatory (http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14401)
. Given that each course of the vaccine would cost hundreds of
dollars, Merck would stand to make billions if this vaccine were
required for all young girls. After all of Merck's problems with its
Vioxx drug that was taken off the market, this vaccine would certainly
allow Merck to recoup its losses.

For all of these reasons and many more, parents naturally have grave
concerns about this vaccine. Even girls who receive the HPV vaccine
still need regular pap smears, because 30% of cervical cancers won't be
prevented by this vaccine (and that's assuming the vaccine works all
the time for the other types). Numerous doctors have also pointed out
that just because a vaccine may seem to prevent precursor lesions from
developing doesn't mean it will prevent cervical cancer –- this, along
with many other long-term variables concerning the vaccine, won't be
known for many years.

Given all of the adverse reactions associated with this vaccine and
even the possibility of death, one has to question if young girls
should be given a vaccine whose long-term effects are unknown in a
country where women have good access to medical care and are able to
get regular pap smears. This whole vaccine mentality is eerily
reminiscent of the story told in Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," which
recounts the tale of a young maiden being sacrificed in pagan Russia as
an offering to the gods in order to have abundant crops. Is the
suffering and possible death of some girls for the purpose of "herd
immunity" really worth it? Go ask Brittany.



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