Posted on 01/25/2008 10:12:14 AM PST by Froufrou
The death of two young women who received the cervical cancer vaccination is causing some in the U.K. to question a strategy that calls for hundreds of thousands of schoolgirls to receive the shot next fall, the Daily Mail reports.
The young women who died received the vaccination, marketed under the name Gardasil, in Germany and Austria, respectively. The European Medicines Agency has not released their ages.
The two deaths follow the deaths of three U.S. females, ages 12, 19 and 22, who were reported to have died days after receiving Gardasil, which protects against the human papillomavirus — believed to be the leading cause of cervical cancer — was administered.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently reported that 28 women miscarried after receiving the vaccine.
Neither U.S. nor European health officials have directly linked the deaths or miscarriages to Gardasil. The FDA has said there is no reason to reexamine approval of the drug.
A spokesman for Merck, maker of Gardasil, told the Daily Mail there were no plans to change the company's recommendation on use of the vaccine.
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What was the cause of death?
This is a shocking story...Did these girls have some type of life-threatening disease?
Europe reports two Gardasil deaths, but confirms benefits
....the deaths so far have been unexplained.
O.K., Texas, since Governor Perry signed legislation mandating these vaccines to all school girls, WHAT NOW?
Doesn’t take long for the FDA/pharma staffers to show up, does it?
“O.K., Texas, since Governor Perry signed legislation mandating these vaccines to all school girls, WHAT NOW?”
Get an exemption. One can be best obtained using religious beliefs exemption...doesn’t have to be any particular denomination.
FDA in pocket of Big Pharma? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked!
I thought he reversed the mandatory thing. I could be mistaken though.
Well if they weren’t, um, ‘eating’ pickles they wouldn’t need the vaccine in the first place. Damn those pickles.
Sadly I know a family who’s otherwise healthy child died recently.. he seemed sick with the flu.. he died in his bed. He had not had any medications or trials or shots... but if he had a story like this would have appeared.
Based soley on the facts of this article these women died within days of getting the vaccine, but nothing else is said... the implication is the vaccine is at fault, the reality could be anything based on the wording of this article.. could have all died in car wrecks.
D’oh!
No one here has yet mentioned that the most common vector of contacting HPV is through sexual activity. Gardasil is intended as an STD vaccine.
It is just another way for the culture to tell our children, sexual activity is safe at any age.
Precisely.
For Texas...forms can be downloaded:
http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/texas.htm
NOTE: The TDH state affidavit form can also be used to opt-out of Gardasil HPV vaccine.
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Conscientious Exemption
Sample letter to send for state form in pdf...
(.pdf) http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/docs/sample_letter.pdf
Another pdf sample letter...
(.pdf) http://www.neisd.net/health/documents/SAMPLE_LETTER_Reason.pdf
Sample letter to send for state form in Microsoft Word...
(.doc) http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/docs/sample_letter.doc
El Paso Independent School district’s s religious exemption form for download
*IMMUNIZATION AFFIDAVIT RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
(.pdf) http://www.episd.org/Schools/healthservices/immaffrelpg1.pdf
El Paso Independent School district’s religious exemption form in Spanish
*DECLARACIÓN JURADA DE INMUNIZACIÓN-CONFLICTO RELIGIOSO
(.pdf) http://www.episd.org/Schools/healthservices/immaffrelpg2.pdf
Appendix A - Forms for School Spinal Screening
AFFIDAVIT OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION - On Page 9
DECLARACIÓN JURADA DE EXONERACIÓN RELIGIOSA - On Page 10
(.pdf) http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/spinal/pdf/apndxa.pdf
Opt-Outs:
STUDENT OPT-OUT NOTICE regarding the instruction of sexuality to children:
STUDENT OPT-OUT NOTICE Valid in all 50 states
(.pdf) http://www.ccv.org/images/StudentOptOutNotice.PDF
(.pdf) http://www.catholiccitizens.org/content/img/f26422/opt%20out%20notice.pdf
(.html) http://www.ccv.org/images/StudentOptOutNotice.htm
Entire packet...
(.doc) http://www.mfc.org/respect/Website/Links%20on%20Web%20Page/Opt-Out%20Packet.doc
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