Posted on 09/29/2010 3:14:51 PM PDT by MamaDearest
Records Document 3,589 Adverse Reactions Related to Gardasil between May 2009 and September 2010, Including 213 Cases Resulting in Permanent Disability
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has received new documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), detailing reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. The adverse reactions include 16 new deaths (including four suicides) between May 2009 and September 2010. The FDA also produced 789 “serious” reports, with 213 cases resulting in permanent disability and 25 resulting in a diagnosis of Guillain Barre Syndrome.
Adverse report excerpts include:
• A nineteen year old girl with no medical history except occasional cases bronchitis received Gardasil and in 53 days, had “Headache, Nausea, dizziness, chilling, tiredness, shortness of breath, complained of chest plain, severe cramps.” She experienced an Acute Cardiac Arrhythmia. Attempts to resuscitate her resulted in a sternal fracture, but were unsuccessful and the patient died. — V. 356938
• A thirteen year old girl was vaccinated on July 17th, 2009. Ten days later, she developed a fever and was treated. However, “the patient did not recover and was admitted to the hospital on [August 8th]…She developed dyspnoea and went into a coma…she expired [that day] at around 9:00 pm. The cause of death was determined as ‘death due to viral fever.’ … This event occurred after 23 days of receiving first dose of Gardasil. — V. 380081
• Thirteen days after vaccination, a ten year old girl developed “progressive loss of strength in lower and upper extremities almost totally…Nerve conduction studies [showed Guillain Barre Syndrome].” Case was “considered to be immediately life-threatening.” — V. 339375
One mother of a 13-year old girl who died 37 days after receiving the vaccination noted in a report: “I first declined getting her the vaccination but her doctor ensured me that it was safe…” After her daughter complained of a severe headache, no feeling in her foot and a tingling feeling in her leg, a doctor’s appointment was set for October 23, 2009. “My daughter never made it to Oct[ober] 23rd, which is also her birthday,” the mother noted. “She passed on Oct[ober] 17th, I found her cold unresponsive in her room at 7am….”
“To say Gardasil has a suspect safety record is a big understatement. These reports are troubling and show that the FDA and other public health authorities may be asleep at the switch,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “In the meantime, the public relations push for Gardasil by Merck and politicians on Capitol Hill continues. No one should require this vaccine for young children.”
In 2008, Judicial Watch launched an investigation of the FDA's reporting on adverse reactions to vaccinations for HPV. All previous FDA documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, as well as a Judicial Watch special report, entitled “Examining the FDA’s HPV Vaccine Records: Detailing the Approval Process, Side-Effects, Safety Concerns & Marketing Practices of a Large Scale Health Experiment,” are available.
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Guillain Barre has an incidence rate of 1 or 2 per 100,000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain_Barre_Syndrome
Since there have been 1.4 million people given Gardisil in Britian and many more around the world, you would expect to have some of those people come down with GBS unrelated to the Gardisil.
You would also expect some to get sick and die from other causes unrelated to Gardisil from a pool of millions.
So how are these deaths linked to Gardisil other than comming in the weeks following the vaccination. I don't see anything in the Judicial Watch report that actually ties the illnesses or deaths to Gardisil.
That's why we post these articles, so you can make your own determination to receive the vaccine.
Like I said, $100+ million and not much to show for it. JW is a nonprofit too. Charity for lawyers.
I was just discussing this with my dentist and his assistant today. I happen to be doing research in this area, so they asked.
I do not think that Gardasil is in any way harmful, and nothing in the article indicated otherwise. Just from chance alone, you expect to see a certain number of people having adverse medical conditions after receiving a vaccine.
But: there are over 100 different human papillomaviruses (HPVs). The Gardasil only protects against 4. Two of those, 16 and 18, are the most oncogenic (cancer-causing) of the HPVs. However, anyone thinking they’re going to absolutely protect their daughters by getting them that vaccine is wrong: there are still over 100 HPVs out there that those girls won’t be protected against. So, in weighing the cost/benefit of the vaccine, that is what I would consider. And I don’t know what my final decision would be.
The article doesn't give you any context by which to evaluate the data. It doesn't even provide you enough data from which you can reasonably understand the risks or compare them to the benefits.
Saying that these deaths and illnesses are tied to Gardisil makes it sound like it has been determined that they were caused by Gardisil which seems at best misleading. You don't help people make informed decision by providing information in a misleading way and excluding any information that might put it in a useful context isn't helping people make informed decisions.
These are important issues. These vaccines do save lives. They also present some risks. However scaring people away from them without solid reason may very well put them at increased risk. Don't you think you have an obligation to try and present the information in a less biased way?
You don't help people make informed decision by providing information in a misleading way and excluding any information that might put it in a useful context isn't helping people make informed decisions.
Don't you think you have an obligation to try and present the information in a less biased way?
That's a lot of accusation and information you're asking of me from an article I didn't write. I posted it because it appears there have been deaths and reactions to the vacccine, It's informative for those who wish to delve further into the product. If you want more information, please seek it on the internet. By your standards, no one would post anything here on FR and I will NOT be bullied for posting an article. Take your accusatory questions up with the people who wrote the article please!
I agree with you 100%. It’s a personal decision and one that needs investigation and review. I do believe that weighing in the side-effects of the vaccine is very important, besides the cost and benefits you mention.
PLacemark for tomorrow.
You are right. I got carried away and was way out of line. Please accept my apologies. You are not responsible for the irresponsible acts of others.
I would caution that you should try not to propagate information that has been skewed in such a way that is misleads people. However, it is ultimately the fault of the people that skewed the information, not yours.
Apology accepted. Please understand everyone posting here is entitled to their opinion. In no way did I ever attempt to make you believe in my opinion, if one was given. I have granddaughters and their health and safety is of utmost concern to me. If ANYTHING appears to be a threat to them or their parents, I want them to know the threat exists and then they can make their own decisions how to deal with it.
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