Cervical cancer drug Gardasil linked to deaths

[Guest guest]

I thought I would post this article from the end of last year, as

there are now plans to vaccinate all girls under 18.

 

Jo

 

Fears have been raised over the safety of a cervical cancer vaccine

which health officials plan to give all 12-year-old girls, after it

was revealed that the drug has been linked to several deaths.

Three young women are reported to have died days after the drug

Gardasil was administered, while the jab is also suspected of

triggering " adverse reactions " in 1,700 patients. The figures were

uncovered by campaigners who made a freedom of information request in

the US, where the vaccine was approved for use a year ago.

Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, which extracted the

data, said: " Reports on the vaccine read like a catalogue of horrors. "

 

The women – aged 12, 19 and 22 – suffered heart attacks or blood

clots after being injected with Gardasil, which protects against the

sexually transmitted human papilloma virus which causes most cases of

cervical cancer. Hundreds of others reported suffering what could be

adverse reactions, including paralysis, seizures and miscarriages.

The news comes just days after the announcement that the drug would

be added to the childhood immunisation programme.

However, it has not been conclusively proven that Gardasil had

directly caused any of the deaths or reported health problems.

Nicholas Kitchin, from Gardasil, manufacturers Sanofi Pasteur MSD,

said the fact that symptoms were reported after a vaccination did not

necessarily mean they were caused by the vaccine.

A spokesman for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory

Agency said no " proven, serious new risks have been identified " , but

added the effects would be monitored when Gardasil is used in the UK.

Jackie Fletcher, from the vaccine damage support group Jabs,

said: " Trials of this jab have mostly been on adults, so we don't

have any idea of the long-term effect on children. "

Dr John Oakley, a West Midlands GP, said the trials for Gardasil had

been so limited that the children taking it would be like " guinea

pigs " .

Many health campaigners have welcomed the plan to vaccinate British

girls, although there have been claims it will encourage teenagers to

have sex early.