Thank you. I googled 'cervical cancer cases in 2006' and I would swear everything was a Merck site.
Ostensibly, 3700 is not an epidemic. But, looking closer at the nature of people, it could easily get to be an epidemic. Still, I'm for more information on the drug.
I just read at another site there are 166 HPV viruses and that only 3-4 are snuffed by Gardasil. Why not wait one year, if one so CHOOSES, to see what the competition comes up with? A better product?
Merck is in a hurry to get their patent...
And Perry is in a hurry to get his check.
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According to Census 2000, 281.4 million people were counted in the United States — 143.4 million of whom were female, so 143,250,000 females divided by 9,700 women who actually got cancer = 14768.04.
One woman in approximately 15,000 will actually get cancer from the HPV virus and approximately a third of those will die from it.
Here are some stats from other causes of death-
More than 2800 people die each year from choking
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin/ibuprofen) are linked to 16,000 deaths each year.
About 36,000 Americans die on average per year from the complications of flu.
So we need to immunize children based on a projected amount of promiscuity to avoid a disease that kills only a slightly higher amount of people than choking and a much lower amount than over the counter painkillers do?
BAN ASPRIN...it's for the childruuuun.