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Family fears vaccine led to girl's illness
The Wichita Eagle ^ | Sun, Sep. 13, 2009 | SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS

Posted on 09/13/2009 7:14:31 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative

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Gabi Swank, 16, has been diagnosed with the terminal disease cerebral
vasculatis after she was given Gardasil, a human pappilomaavirus vaccine.


Gabi Swank, 16, and mother Shannon Schrag sort through some of Gabi's
medications. She has been diagnosed with the terminal disease cerebral
vasculatis after she was given Gardasil, a human pappilomaavirus vaccine.


1 posted on 09/13/2009 7:14:31 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp; luckystarmom; hocndoc; NittanyLion; perseid 67; Dick Vomer; PAR35; ...

Gabi Swank's medications cost over $2,000 month, not counting her
in-home chemo treatments. She has been diagnosed with the terminal
disease cerebral vasculatis after she was given Gardasil, a human
pappilomaavirus vaccine.

If you want on or off my Gardasil ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.


2 posted on 09/13/2009 7:18:47 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (I wonder why Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) is so afraid of talking with his constituents?)
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I was one of the only moms who skipped it last year for my 6th grade daughter...


3 posted on 09/13/2009 7:20:11 PM PDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
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Was there a lot of pressure to get your daughter immunized?


4 posted on 09/13/2009 7:21:30 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (I wonder why Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) is so afraid of talking with his constituents?)
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I would cut off my right arm before either of my daughters got this vaccine.

My Goddaughter is 20. She said no too.

It prevents only a small percent of the virus’ linked to cervical cancer. It does not prevent the cancer. They are marketing it wrong.


5 posted on 09/13/2009 7:32:25 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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No, our state lets you opt out for philosophical opp, and so far it isn’t even one of the mandatory shots, so... The other moms did it without question, though!


6 posted on 09/13/2009 7:32:36 PM PDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
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"Other experts say there's no link: The vaccine is safe — and a better option than risking cervical cancer. "

And the lies continue. Well, they aren't really, lies, just not the whole truth. Gardasil does not protect against all causes of cervical cancer, only about 60% of them, and even that depends on your ethnicity. Plus it's not yet known if this is 100% effective, nor that a booster shot isn't needed some time in the future. Then there's side effects/reactions, including death, which are starting to pile up. Another problem is that it makes those who received this stuff think they are safe, which they are not, because there are still several other strains of papilloma virus which gardasil has no effect on, plus it causes young women to skip yearly pap smear testing which is still the only way cervical cancer can be detected in early stages while it's treatable.

The best way to prevent cervical cancer from exposure to papilloma virus is still abstinence, avoiding sex with multiple partners and partners who have had multiple partners. Other cancers can also be avoided by avoiding the pill, and practicing abstinence.

7 posted on 09/13/2009 7:36:24 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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Officials with Merck, which manufactures Gardasil, say the vaccine's benefits continue to outweigh its risks,

I did the math on this once, when Gardasil first came out. Less than 1% of the female population gets cervical cancer. What Merck actually means is that the profits are worth the risk.

8 posted on 09/13/2009 7:38:15 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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This is rubbish. Unless there is actual proof that the injections cause any problems, this is just another case of mass hysteria. How many other girls from her school got the vaccine? Of those that got the shots, how many of them are sick? Then let’s look at girls in her town or radiating out over 50 miles and see how many girls have come down with symptoms. Until a pattern can be determined, this girl’s accusation is based on no evidence what so ever.


9 posted on 09/13/2009 7:38:50 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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"Officials with Merck, which manufactures Gardasil, say the vaccine's benefits continue to outweigh its risks"

Tell that to the 32 parents who buried their child because of a totally unnecessary and unproven vaccine.

Sue them for everything they have.

10 posted on 09/13/2009 7:41:50 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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from the article:
“On Wednesday, an FDA committee recommended that the vaccine be made available to boys and men.”

I don’t understand this.


11 posted on 09/13/2009 7:45:42 PM PDT by ElayneJ
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Others say it's likely a tragic coincidence. Tom Moore, an infectious disease physician and clinical professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, said anecdotal cases like Gabi's are powerful but unscientific.
"Unfortunately, people get lupus all the time. They develop autoimmune conditions. And the disease is often diagnosed in girls in that age group," Moore said.

This statement really gets me. This is the same thing they say about autism. Thousands of parents swear their children changed right after receiving the vaccinations, but they say it is just a coincidence because that is the age they start showing signs of autism. 

 


12 posted on 09/13/2009 7:48:44 PM PDT by kara37
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Plus it's not yet known if this is 100% effective, nor that a booster shot isn't needed some time in the future.

Last I heard, and it was somewhat recently, they've found the vaccine is only good for five years.

Imagine that.

13 posted on 09/13/2009 7:51:20 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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It prevents HPV (Human Papilloma Virus, an STD). Guys get this too....


14 posted on 09/13/2009 7:53:45 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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It’s also rubbish that the vaccine is needed at all.

Moral behavior and yearly PAP tests, can go much further to reducing the cervical cancer rate than anything else on the docket.

This was developed and marketed by Merck, hardly a name in the pharm industry associated with integrity considering some of the products they have marketed and the number of people those have killed.


15 posted on 09/13/2009 7:54:12 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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Others say it's likely a tragic coincidence. Tom Moore, an infectious disease physician and clinical professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, said anecdotal cases like Gabi's are powerful but unscientific.

Yeah, and until it's *scientific* they won't listen to reason.

So, how many people have to die before it becomes *scientific* evidence?

16 posted on 09/13/2009 7:55:59 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Born Conservative

HPV is a virus, not and STD. One type of the virus can cause genital warts. HPV can also go away on it’s own.


17 posted on 09/13/2009 7:56:01 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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"Because cervical cancer runs in her family, "We thought what we were doing was protecting Gabi," Schrag said. "We didn't want to give cancer the opportunity to invade her body in any way."

Obviously Gabi's mother was misinformed as well. It doesn't not protect against those kind of cancers at all, just the ones (supposedly) that result from repeated infections from papilloma virus, which can only result from sex with multiple infected partners- a promiscuous lifestyle to put it politely.

And even then depending on ethnicity, it offers even less protection because some strains are more prevalent among certain ethnicities that Gardasil has no effect whatsoever on.

Abstinence, or a least a monogamous relationship with trusted partners and yearly pap smears are the best ways to prevent cervical cancers caused by repeated papilloma virus exposure, as well as other cancers.

18 posted on 09/13/2009 7:56:45 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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my girls aren’t getting it. over a year ago the doctor’s office tried to get my 13 year-old vaccinated. i said no way. esp. glad that i know it’s only “good” for 5 years and i had started to hear of the side effects.

i’[ve had a few talks with my girls regarding this vaccine, what it “protects” against and they only way they can be sure of not getting hpv, abstinence.


19 posted on 09/13/2009 7:58:31 PM PDT by machogirl
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OK, not ALL strains cause STD's: Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these viruses are sexually transmitted, and they can infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum.
20 posted on 09/13/2009 7:59:22 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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