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Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine
Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil
http://www.judicialwatch.org/6299.shtml
Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One physician’s assistant reported that a female patient “died of a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine.” Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.
As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371 serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities.
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I read the Judicial Watch articles you referenced, as well as the Merk reports on the 3 deaths from sudden cardiac arrest / blood clots and a few of the 1,637 reports on adverse / severe reactions.
I failed to uncover what the population size was for this study. It must have been a huge study based on the number of reactions. Any idea what the percentages for deaths was, or the percentages for severe reactions?
It looks like the concensus is the vaccine is effective for 4-5 years.