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davsand

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12. Did you bother to READ those articles or did you dismiss them out of hand?
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 10:48 PM
Apr 2012

"More than two dozen women and girls died in 2008 after receiving Gardasil injections. According to a press release issued by Judicial Watch, there have been a total of 47 deaths linked to Gardasil since it was brought to market in 2006.

Gardasil is a vaccination that prevents some forms of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Gardasil has been controversial because of attempts by drug manufacturer Merck to make it mandatory, and because of continuing questions about its safety.

Judicial Watch says it has obtained records from the FDA documenting 28 deaths in 2008 associated with Gardasil, up from 19 deaths in 2007. According to the group, the FDA documented 6,723 "adverse events" related to Gardasil in 2008, of which 1,061 were considered "serious," and 142 considered "life threatening."

Sources:

YourLawyer.com June 25, 2009"

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As of September 28, 2010, the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) has more than 18,000 Gardasil-related adverse events listed in it, including at least 65 deaths.

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For example, a rough comparison of Gardasil and Menactra (a vaccine against meningitis) adverse event reports to VAERS through November 30, 2008 revealed that:
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least twice as many emergency room visit reports; 4 times more death reports; 5 times more "did not recover" reports; and 7 times more "disabled" reports.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with all of the reports of blood clots. All 23 reports of blood clots following Gardasil occurred when Gardasil was given alone without any other vaccines.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 4 times as many cardiac arrest reports. All 9 reports of cardiac arrest following Gardasil occurred when Gardasil was given alone without any other vaccines.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 6 times as many fainting reports and at least 3 times as many syncope reports.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 4 times as many lupus reports. 27 reports of lupus following Gardasil occurred when Gardasil was given alone.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 15 times as many stroke reports. 16 reports of stroke following Gardasil occurred when Gardasil was given alone.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 3 times as many syncope reports.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 33 times as many thrombosis reports. 34 reports of thrombosis following Gardasil occurred when Gardasil was given alone.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 5 times as many sasculitis reports. 11 reports of vasculitis following Gardasil occurred when Gardasiil was given alone.
•Compared to Menactra, receipt of Gardasil is associated with at least 30 times as many rechallenge reports, which involve a worsening of symptoms experienced after previous receipt of Gardasil.

What's disturbing about this is that these reports in all likelihood are just the tip of the iceberg because most physicians are making their reports to Merck, rather than to VAERS, and Merck is forwarding such poor quality information to VAERS that the CDC and FDA can't follow up on the majority of reports that Merck makes.

As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association in August 2009, Merck made 68 percent of the reports to VAERS and 89 percent of them had information that was too insufficient to review!
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Not exactly pushing vitamins, IMO.

Do as you wish with your child and I will too.


Laura

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Who are Blacks? The Rugby Team? HipChick Apr 2012 #1
Ask the AP. They wrote the headline. Iris Apr 2012 #2
In the UK dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #3
It's probably the best term to use muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #5
"African-American" is not a synonym for "black". Spider Jerusalem Apr 2012 #6
Not all Black people live in America via Africa HotRodTuna Apr 2012 #8
Interesting. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #4
Sex With Neanderthals: The Ultimate Immunity Boost FarCenter Apr 2012 #7
All the more reason for young people to get the HPV vaccine NickB79 Apr 2012 #9
You may want to read more before you sign your kid up for the vaccine. davsand Apr 2012 #10
I have read extensively about the HPV vaccine NickB79 Apr 2012 #11
Did you bother to READ those articles or did you dismiss them out of hand? davsand Apr 2012 #12
Relying on VAERS, are we? Watch out you don't turn into the Incredible Hulk NickB79 Apr 2012 #43
Blacks should be cautious about calls for mass inoculations. MD20 Apr 2012 #13
Technically, there are no "pure" white or black genes... antigone382 Apr 2012 #21
Race is horseshit, and therefore racial correlations are horseshit too. bemildred Apr 2012 #14
Ever heard of a caucasian getting sickle cell anemia? Beacool Apr 2012 #15
"Caucasian" is also horseshit. bemildred Apr 2012 #16
I'm not going to argue. Beacool Apr 2012 #18
OK. nt bemildred Apr 2012 #24
Look, it's like thinking if a dog has brown hair, then you know something about it's metabolism. bemildred Apr 2012 #17
If those genetic markers were not evenly distributed in all types of dogs hack89 Apr 2012 #20
Yeah, I know about that, but those are just statistical correlations. bemildred Apr 2012 #22
If I was a public health official hack89 Apr 2012 #27
The problem is that populations don't develop diseases. bemildred Apr 2012 #30
Multifactorial polygenic diseases hack89 Apr 2012 #32
Which still happens only to individuals. bemildred Apr 2012 #33
But two individuals from seperate groups may require different treatments for the same disease. hack89 Apr 2012 #35
I really think we have wrung all the juice out of this for the moment. bemildred Apr 2012 #38
Just think in terms of genetic groups and it is less of an issue. hack89 Apr 2012 #40
That's really all I'm saying, just leave race out of it. bemildred Apr 2012 #41
A very rational position... rayofreason Apr 2012 #42
Genetics determines lots of things. bemildred Apr 2012 #34
Yes they do. hack89 Apr 2012 #36
Here is the argument I'm making: bemildred Apr 2012 #39
Humans are divided into numerous distinct genetic groups called haplogroups. hack89 Apr 2012 #19
Right, and we've been mixing them all together rapidly for the last 500 years. bemildred Apr 2012 #23
Wrong hack89 Apr 2012 #25
A couple of centuries HAVE undone millions of years of evolution already. bemildred Apr 2012 #26
Except genetically halogroups are still there hack89 Apr 2012 #28
There is no evidence that any of those events have impacted the human genome. nt hack89 Apr 2012 #29
Right. bemildred Apr 2012 #31
I wouldn't say millions of years, more like about 100 to 50 thousand years ago when humans... Humanist_Activist Apr 2012 #37
Interesting thread. After a review I tend to agree with Liber-AL Apr 2012 #44
Hey. bemildred Apr 2012 #45
YW Liber-AL Apr 2012 #46
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