As of January 31, 2010, there have been 15,829 reports of adverse events, including 49 deaths, from 28 million doses of Merck’s Gardasil Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine administered in the United States to girls ages 9 to 26. (see CDC: Reports of Health Concerns Following HPV Vaccination)

The adverse events reports following Gardasil vaccinations have included fainting, pain, and swelling at the injection site (the arm), headache, nausea, fever, neurological disorders, paralysis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and 49 deaths in the United States.

Although the cause of the adverse events is not known, the HPV Vaccine contains 225mcg of Aluminum, a known neurotoxin, and 50mcg of Polysorbate 80, which has been shown to cause severe anaphylactic reactions, in every vaccine dose.

Why shouldn’t Merck Pharmaceutics, the manufacturer of the Garasil vaccine, be forced to recall this vaccine? It should be taken off of the market until it can be fixed and proven safe.

Toyota’s Adverse Event numbers pale in comparison to those of Merck. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, no more than a few thousand complaints have been filed against Toyota vehicles possibly linked to unintended acceleration, which have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52 deaths and 38 injuries in a ten year period from 2000 to 2010.

Merck advertising campaign deceptive – pressuring – scary

Moms and their young daughters are feeling pressured into getting the Gardasil vaccine. Young girls get the message that it’s the hip – adult thing to do and that they are somehow a heroine if they get the vaccine.

Moms get the message that they are being irresponsible if they don’t get their daughters vaccinated before they hit puberty. They both are deceived into believing that the Gardasil vaccine is completely free of side-effects and totally prevents cervical cancer.

The truth is the Gardasil vaccine does not prevent cancer at all. It is licensed only to prevent 2 of the 30 sexually transmitted types of HPV virus that may cause cervical cancer.

The massive advertising campaign for Gardasil by Merck claims that it is “the only vaccine that may help protect you from the four types of Human Papilloma virus that may cause 70% of cervical cancer.”

Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, Feb 28, 2007), revealed that only 2.3% of young girls and women that get HPV are infected with one of the two HPV types, which can cause cervical cancer that are included in the Gardasil vaccine.

The CDC reports that approximately 6.2 million women are diagnosed with HPV every year and 12,000 get invasive cervical cancer and 3900 die. Although that is too many deaths, 12,000 cases of cervical cancer out of 6.2 million cases of HPV means that only 0.2% of women go on to develop cervical cancer from HPV. That means that 99.8% of women with HPV do not get cervical cancer.

The truth is as the CDC’s website also states, “HPV usually goes away on its own, without causing health problems. So an HPV infection that is found today will most likely not be there a year or two from now.”

According to the American Cancer Society’s website “In 90% of cases, the body’s immune system clears the HPV infection within 2 years. This is true of both high-risk and low-risk HPV types.”

So why does anyone need this vaccine? Is it worth the risks?

If you are considering getting the Gardasil vaccine for yourself our your daughter please read the following story.

MY GIRL DIED AS ‘GUINEA PIG’ FOR GARDASIL

New York Post Article: July 20, 2008

On the advice of her family doctor, Jessie Ericzon, 17, had taken a series of three Gardasil shots to prevent cervical cancer caused by the sexually transmitted virus known as HPV - the Human Papilloma Virus.

The vaccine is marketed by Merck Pharmaceuticals & Co. as the hip thing to do for girls age 9-26 to prevent cervical cancer. Jessie got her first injection in July 2007.

After her second shot in September, she complained to her mom of a pain in the back of her head, fatigue and soreness in some joints.

The day following her 3rd and final shot, she again complained of the nagging pain in the back of her head.

The next day she didn’t show up at school and her mother found her dead on the bathroom floor at home.

Jessica’s mom, Lisa Ericzon, believes the vaccine killed her daughter and that she was “a guinea pig” for Merck & Co. She is urging parents to research the vaccine before letting their daughters get it.

To learn about the natural non-vaccine approach to prevention and treatment of HPV and Abnormal Pap Smears, click here.

“The rate of serious adverse events (from the Gardasil vaccine) is greater than the incidence rate of cervical cancer,” which the vaccine is intended to prevent, according to Dr. Diane Harper, director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group at University of Missouri.

As of June 1, 2009, the CDC reported that over 25 million doses of Gardasil, which is recommended for women between ages 9-26, have been distributed in the U.S. and there was an average of 53.9 VAERS reports per 100,000 vaccine doses. Of these, 40 percent occurred on the day of vaccination, and 6.2 percent were serious, including 32 reports of death.

CDC Report Stirs Controversy For Merck’s Gardasil Vaccine

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Linked to Deaths, Incidents of Fainting and Blood Clots

By RADHA CHITALE

ABC News Medical Unit

August 19, 2009

A government report released Tuesday raises new questions about the safety of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. The vaccine has been linked to 32 unconfirmed deaths and shows higher incidences of fainting and blood clots than other vaccines.

A look at whether the benefits of a cervical cancer vaccine outweigh the risks.

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The results of the report appeared along with an accompanying editorial discussing whether the potential benefit of the HPV vaccine is worth its potential risks in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The editorial, in particular, could give pause to many parents faced with the decision of whether or not to have their 11- and 12-year-old daughters vaccinated against the certain strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Those who search for more information on the vaccine may also find stories from other parents who say the vaccine had ill effects on their daughters.

One of these parents, Emily Tarsell, started her daughter Christina on Gardasil — a vaccine that protects against four of the most common cancer-causing strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) — after her first visit to a gynecologist and at the doctor’s recommendation.

Eighteen days after Christina received her final vaccine shot, she died.

“I know it was the Gardasil,” Tarsell said, although the official cause of death was undetermined.

“They were really recommending it, saying that there weren’t any side effects, that it was safe. So I kind of went against my better instinct [and let her] get the shot.”

Deaths like Christina’s are one of several types of complications reported to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) following Gardasil distribution in 2006.

Some of these adverse events were serious, including blood clots and neurological disorders, and some were non-life threatening side effects from the vaccine, including fainting, nausea and fever.

Source: ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/gardasil-hpv-vaccine-faces-safety-questions/story?id=8356717

MY GIRL DIED AS ‘GUINEA PIG’ FOR GARDASIL

New York Post Article: July 20, 2008

On the advice of her family doctor, Jessie Ericzon, 17, had taken a series of three Gardasil shots to prevent cervical cancer caused by the sexually transmitted virus known as HPV - the Human Papilloma Virus.

The vaccine is marketed by Merck Pharmaceuticals & Co. as the hip thing to do for girls age 9-26 to prevent cervical cancer. Jessie got her first injection in July 2007.

After her second shot in September, she complained to her mom of a pain in the back of her head, fatigue and soreness in some joints.

The day following her 3rd and final shot, she again complained of the nagging pain in the back of her head.

The next day she didn’t show up at school and her mother found her dead on the bathroom floor at home.

Jessica’s mom, Lisa Ericzon, believes the vaccine killed her daughter and that she was “a guinea pig” for Merck & Co. She is urging parents to research the vaccine before letting their daughters get it.

“I want other mothers to know,” said Lisa, the first parent of a girl who died after Gardasil to speak publicly.

“I don’t want them to go through what I went through.”

To learn more about the Jessica’s story, click here to read the article written by Susan Edelman that appeard about her in the New York Post on July 8, 2008.

Deadly Decision: Should you vaccinate yourself or your daughter with Gardasil?

The Federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) had documented 10,000 cases of adverse events that closely followed the administration of the Gardasil vaccine. VAERS reports include serious neurological disorders, dizziness, fainting, muscle and joint pains, and at least 29 deaths after Gardasil . This vaccine is being marketed by Merck & Co., as a vaccine to prevent Cervical Cancer. The truth is this vaccine does not prevent cancer at all. It is licensed only to prevent 2 of the 30 sexually transmitted types of HPV virus that may cause cervical cancer.

Many experts believe that the adverse reactions to this vaccine are under reported, and not worth the risks since HPV is a preventable disease for which there is a safe and effective non-surgical treatment. Even though severe adverse reactions and deaths linked to the vaccine continue to mount, the FDA continues to claim the benefits outweigh the risks.

The side effects of Gardasil include pain, swelling, itching, bruising, and redness at the injection site, headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, and fainting, paralysis and death. GARDASIL is given as 3 injections over 6 months.

Gardasil was tested in four clinical studies that evaluated 20,541 women who were 16 to 26 years of age at enrollment and was followed for a maximum of 4 years. The vaccine was “Fast-tracked” by the FDA and is therefore still in the testing stages with the final report not due until September 30, 2009. However, Gardasil is already being administered to millions of girls, some as young as 9 years old. Some states have already made Gardasil a mandatory vaccination although this recommendation has been opposed by the American College of Pediatrics and the editors of The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Gardasil Vaccine contains only 4 of the 30 types of the HPV virus known to be associated with causing cervical cancer. (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18). The massive advertising campaign for Gardasil by Merck & Co., claims that it is “the only vaccine that may help protect you from the four types of Human Papilloma virus that may cause 70% of cervical cancer.” However, research published in JAMA, Feb 28, 2007, revealed that only 3.4% of young girls and women that get HPV are infected with one of the four HPV types that are included in the Gardasil vaccine. The JAMA researchers concluded that the 26.8% overall prevalence of HPV among women was higher than expected, but that very few cases included the HPV types found in the vaccine.

The fact is, Gardasil has not been proven to be safe or effective. Even more concerning, long-term risks are not yet known. The HPV Vaccine contains 225mcg of Aluminum, a known neurotoxin and 50mcg of Polysorbate 80, which has been shown to cause severe anaphylactic reactions.

As of June 2008, Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates questionable government, legal and judicial actions, obtained documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the Freedom of Information Act that revealed the:

•”Information has been received … concerning a 17 year old female who in June 2007 … was vaccinated with a first dose of Gardasil … During the evening of the same day, the patient was found unconscious (lifeless) by the mother. Resuscitation was performed by the emergency physician but was unsuccessful. The patient subsequently died.”

•”Information has been received … concerning a 12 year old female with a history of aortic and mitral valve insufficiency … who on 01-MAR-2007 was vaccinated IM into the left arm with a first does of Gardasil … On 01-MAR-2007 the patient presented to the ED with ventricular tachycardia and died.”

•”Initial and follow-up information has been received from a physician concerning an ‘otherwise healthy’ 13 year old female who was vaccinated with her first and second doses of Gardasil. Subsequently, the patient experienced … paralysis from the chest down, lesions of the optic nerve…At the time of the report, the patient had not covered.”

For more information about the concerns about the safety of this vaccine and reports of side-effects, click here: www.judicialwatch.org/gardasil

For more information about Gardasil, HPV and Cervical Cancer click here to read Dr. Hansen’s post entitled: Natural Non-Surgical Treatment for HPV.