Finally – voices of opposition coming from the scientific and medical fields.

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Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease

This study was funded by Merck, the manufacturer of Gardasil. Many scientific papers argue that the public should not trust any industry funded research.

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

The Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease (CBCD) has learned that Merck recently funded a study conducted by Dr. Chun Chao from Kaiser Permanente. USA Today reported: “Study: No link between HPV vaccine and autoimmune disorders” on January 28, 2012. In the opening paragraph, the story says that “The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil does not trigger autoimmune disorders.”

Should the reader believe the report? Is it possible that the researchers, who conducted the study, are biased?

According to USA Today, this study was funded by Merck, the manufacturer of Gardasil. Many scientific papers argue that the public should not trust any industry funded research.

For instance, a paper published in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics says that, “Empirical research indicates that much of the evidence required for the practice of evidence-based medicine cannot be trusted. The research agenda has been hijacked by those with vested interests within industry and academia, determining what research is funded and how it is done and reported.” It went on to say, “Many well-reported randomized controlled trials are designed to deceive by their choice of comparators and outcomes….”

Another paper published in the American Journal of Orthopedics says, “…industry-sponsored clinical trials have traditionally been associated with more positive results.”

Yet another paper published in Science and Engineering Ethics says, “Pharmaceutical companies fund the bulk of clinical research that is carried out on medications. Poor outcomes from these studies can have negative effects on sales of medicines. Previous research has shown that company funded research is much more likely to yield positive outcomes than research with any other sponsorship.”

Finally, a paper in PLoS ONE quotes Dr. Daniele Fanelli as writing, “about 2% of scientists admitted to have fabricated, falsified or modified data or results at least once –a serious form of misconduct by any standard– and up to one third admitted a variety of other questionable research practices including “dropping data points based on a gut feeling”, and “changing the design, methodology or results of a study in response to pressures from a funding source”.

What do these papers say in simple terms?

When a company pays for the study, beware. The results usually show what the company wants them to show. In other words, those who have the gold, somehow, determine the results.

In this case, the company with the gold is Merck, and the product is Gardasil. It is certainly within Merck’s interests to disprove any connection between their vaccine and autoimmune disorders. And lo and behold! The results promote Merck’s interest.

Merck’s funded study relies on correlation, a weak approach at best. The CBCD would like to suggest another method for answering the question about Gardasil and disease. It is called the mechanistic approach. In simple terms it is answering the following question, “If Gardasil causes disease, what is the biological mechanism that leads from getting the Gardasil shot to becoming ill?”

Dr. Hanan Polansky’s discovery of “Microcompetition with Foreign DNA” provides such a biological mechanism. Microcompetition explains how the DNA fragments found in the Gardasil vaccine can cause major diseases, including autoimmune disorders.

Dr. Hanan Polansky is the author of the highly acclaimed “Purple” book, entitled Microcompetition with Foreign DNA and the Origin of Chronic Disease. In his book he explains how foreign DNA fragments can cause many major diseases without damaging (mutating) the human DNA.

“Not only does the book present a strong theory to unify the cause of many diverse disease states, the book itself represents an aspect lacking in the field of medical science, an attempt to unify observations into coherent theories.” – Q. Ping Dou, PhD – Co-Leader, Prevention Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

The book has been read by more than 5,000 scientists around the world, and has been reviewed in more than 20 leading scientific journals such as the Archives of Virology and the European Journal of Cancer.

The CBCD encourages biologists, virologists, geneticists, scientists and the general public to obtain a copy of Dr. Hanan Polansky’s book and read it. The book is available as a free download from the CBCD website.

(http://www.cbcd.net)

The CBCD endorses Dr. Polansky’s theory, and invites the media, scientists, and the general public to contact us on this issue.

For more information on the Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease, or to schedule an interview with Dr. Polansky, please visit http://www.cbcd.net or call 585-250-9999.

References:

Tharyan P. “Evidence-based medicine: can the evidence be trusted?” Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Oct., 2011

Lexchin J. “Those Who Have the Gold Make the Evidence: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Biases the Outcomes of Clinical Trials of Medications.” Science and Engineering Ethics, February 15, 2011

Fanelli D. “How many scientists fabricate and falsify research? A systematic review and meta-analysis of survey data.”PLoS ONE, May 29, 2009

Khan SN, Mermer MJ, Myers E, Sandhu HS. “The roles of funding source, clinical trial outcome, and quality of reporting in orthopedic surgery literature.” American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Meade N.J.) Dec., 2008

The Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease (CBCD, http://www.cbcd.net) is a research center recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization. The mission of the CBCD is to advance the research on the biology of chronic diseases, and to accelerate the discovery of treatments for these diseases.

The CBCD published the “Purple” book entitled “Microcompetition with Foreign DNA and the Origin of Chronic Disease” written by Dr. Hanan Polansky. The book presents Dr. Polansky’s highly acclaimed scientific theory on the relationship between the DNA of latent (chronic) viruses and the onset of chronic diseases. Dr. Polansky’s book is available as a free download from the CBCD website.

We invite biologists, virologists, and scientists everywhere to download Dr. Polansky’s book here: http://cbcd.net/.

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Early case may have led to mass hysteria, state health department report says

Buffalo News

The twitching illnesses that have befallen a growing number of Le Roy students may have begun with a few girls with conditions traceable to concrete neurological causes.

Three of the original 12 Le Roy Junior-Senior High School students who came down with tic symptoms over the past few months had pre-existing medical conditions — including one diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, according to a nine-page report released late Friday by the state Department of Health.

“Two of the three cases, who were tic-free for a period of time, experienced an exacerbation of tic symptoms during this time period,” the report stated.

These students’ pre-existing conditions might have led to the cascading effect of mass hysteria among the other students who have since been identified as having Tourette-like symptoms. The News had previously reported such a possibility could exist.

“We always were looking for the index case,” Dr. Lazlo Mechtler of Dent Neurologic Institute said Friday, referring to a medical case early on that could have influenced the other affected students. “Four of the cases never came to us.”

There are now 18 known cases of Le Roy students, as well as two adults, who have come down with illnesses involving involuntary twitches, movements and gestures, according to the Department of Health. Three have come to the attention of the Health Department in just the past few days.

All but one of the students are female.

This fast-moving story continues to change on a daily basis. On Friday, the Le Roy Central School District announced a community meeting will be held in the high school auditorium at 9 a.m. today to share plans for additional environmental testing by an outside firm.

Political leaders also raised new concerns about moving steel drums of potentially toxic material from a Le Roy Superfund site that stemmed from a 1970 train derailment and chemical spill.

In the Health Department’s first published report on the Le Roy outbreak, state health officials accept and support the conversion disorder diagnosis of treating physicians for the bulk of the afflicted students.

Of the original 12 students, ranging in age from 13 to 19, eight were diagnosed by physicians as having conversion disorder, real physical symptoms stemming from an underlying psychological cause.

The department also said it is still awaiting a final diagnosis on most of the remaining cases.

The students diagnosed with conversion disorder “all had significant life stressors,” the report stated.

The first case in the bizarre tic outbreak occurred in May. Three more cases appeared in September, and another four were identified in October, the month that the state Department of Health launched its investigation, according to the report.

Additional cases appeared in late November and December and more have popped up in Janurary and this month as international media attention on the tic outbreak has grown.

Of the original 12 cases, gender and attendance at Le Roy Junior-Senior High School was the only common factor. All 12 students were initially evaluated by WorkFit Medical, and eight of the 12 were subsequently evaluated by Dent.

“No common in-school or after school activities among the entire group were identified,” the report stated. “Four participated in cheerleading and two participated in soccer.

Toxicology screens were performed in seven cases, and five turned up negative. Tests for heavy metals in five of the cases were all negative.

One correction made by the Department of Health is in regard to the Gardasil vaccine, which protects against the human papillomavirus. It remains true that not all the girls received the vaccine, but eight of the original 12 did, according to the report. The department previously had stated that only two of the girls received the vaccine.

The Health Department still discounts Gardasil as a cause for the tic disorders, however, because not all the girls received the vaccine, and a safety study involving nearly 190,000 females showed no association between the vaccine and neurologic disorders.

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Tuesday, February 07, 2012 by: Rosemary Mathis, Vice President of Victim Support, SANE VAX, INC.

According to government health authorities, medical ‘experts,’ and the pharmaceutical industry adverse events after vaccinations are extremely rare. The attitude of these organizations toward individuals who do experience an adverse reaction to vaccines was recently summed up quite clearly in an article titled, The Value of Life, Statistically Speaking by Rick Jones, CFO magazine which stated:

“Inoculating children to prevent infectious disease transmission is good for society from both health and financial perspectives, but some initially healthy children may suffer adverse reactions, injury, or even death. For vaccines, the enormous societal benefits trump the tragedies of the few.”

In other words, those who suffer adverse reactions, injury and even death are viewed as acceptable collateral damage, nothing more than statistics. Allow us to introduce you to a small sample of the statistically ‘rare’ adverse events after receiving the HPV vaccine, Gardasil:

Jessie Ericzon: Jessie was one of those rare individuals who truly had a zest for life. In her universe everyone deserved a fair chance and she made it her personal mission to make sure everyone around her had one. She excelled at everything she tried; truly an individual who had the world by the tail.

All of her hopes and dreams came to an abrupt end on February 22, 2008. That is the day her parents discovered her dead on the bathroom floor a mere 40 hours after her third injection of Gardasil.
Jessie’s parents are left to deal with the fact that their precious daughter is indeed ‘One Less’ woman who will have to deal with cervical cancer.’

Chris Tarsell: Chris was discovered dead in her college dorm room bed 18 days after her third dose of Gardasil. Her abrupt departure from this world has left a multitude of people wondering what happened to this sweet, spirited, generous and caring individual who had been such a credit to the human race.

Chris’s coroner could not identify a cause of death in this previously healthy girl. Are those left behind supposed to believe some strange, ‘coincidental’ force of nature took her life as alleged by the CDC? Chris’s death was not thoroughly investigated by the CDC/FDA. One would think they would at least talk with the family to gather information regarding pre- and post-injection symptoms? Shouldn’t they do a statistical analysis of post injection deaths to determine the probability of these deaths being “coincidences”? Such an analysis was done by Dr. James Garrett in a report posted at www.gardasil-and-unexplained-deaths.com . This report concluded it is statistically untenable to claim that none of the reported deaths was related to Gardasil. Where are the government health agencies charged with protecting the health and safety of the people who pay their wages? Why are they using inadequate data provided largely by the manufacturer to track vaccine safety? Why is the fox guarding the hen house?

Annabelle Morin: Annabelle ended up in the hospital with aphasia (the inability to understand spoken or written words) and great difficulty standing 16 days after her first dose of Gardasil. None of her family knew Gardasil had been administered, so no connection was made between her symptoms and the vaccine. 15 days after her second injection, this 14-year-old, French Canadian girl came home from school, had her dinner and went to take a bath and read a book. Half an hour later, with no warning, she was gone.

Once again, the coroner could not identify a cause of death. Did this spur a complete investigation to find out what may have caused her death? No! Canadian health authorities seem no more concerned than their counterparts in the United States.

One more precious life cut short leaving family, friends and neighbors wondering why no one seems to care what happened. Why is more investigation done for an accidental death than one that no one, including the coroner, can explain?

Jasmine Renata: Jasmine received her first injection of Gardasil in September 2008. One month later, she developed warts on her hand and very dry skin. The warts were taken care of, but shortly after the second shot, they returned along with bouts of dizziness, numbness and tingling in her hands, abdominal pain and memory losses.

On March 17, 2009, Jasmine got her third and final dose of Gardasil. Her condition quickly deteriorated. She became more agitated, continuing to complain of tingling in her hands and feet, along with various other new symptoms. Her memory losses were so severe she could not remember simple things like how to grate carrots. Shortly after, she began to experience chest pains and rapid heartbeat.

Just a little over 6 months after her third injection of Gardasil, this once healthy, hard-working 18 year-old girl died in her sleep. The 22 of September 2009 was the last day of her life. Jasmine’s coroner ruled out drug and alcohol abuse as potential causes of her death. But, much like the other girls, no cause of death could be established. How do the health authorities in New Zealand respond when a young woman dies suddenly with no apparent cause? Unfortunately for the Renata family, they responded much like those in the United States and Canada. They do not appear to be concerned – just another coincidence, apparently.

Megan Hild: At 20 years old, Megan was happy and healthy. She was studying radiology in college and looking forward to her planned marriage after graduation. She held life in the palm of her hand.

Megan was living away from home while attending college, so her mother was not totally aware of the health problems she experienced after taking Gardasil. Megan’s new medical conditions included unexplained rashes, severe stomach pains, migraines, extreme fatigue and vaginal bleeding. Imagine the shock when shortly after speaking with Megan on the phone her precious daughter was found on her knees in the shower of her college apartment – dead. Only after her sudden death would mom discover the new medical conditions Megan had after her Gardasil shots.

Megan’s mother will not have the opportunity to watch her daughter’s dreams come true. She, her family and Megan’s fiance are left with nothing to hold onto but a piece of paper that reads, “Cause of death, unknown.”

Megan’s mother is still trying to grapple with the belief that a vaccine meant to protect her daughter’s future health may have taken her life. She does not understand why no one in a position to investigate seems to care. She does not understand why health officials appear quite content to allow the cause of Megan’s death to remain ‘undetermined.’

These young women represent a small fraction of those who paid the ultimate price following Gardasil vaccination. It is common knowledge that only 1 to 10% of adverse reactions are actually reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Are these young women representative of 50 other devastated families or, 500 others? No one knows.

Try explaining to those left behind that their loss is acceptable for society’s benefit when the only benefit Gardasil is clinically proven to provide is a 0.6% reduction in HPV 16 infections, and a 1.1% reduction in HPV 18 infections in vaccinated women versus unvaccinated women, providing they were not previously exposed to these two types of HPV prior to being vaccinated. (ATHENA study referenced below)

What about the 108 death reports filed with VAERS after HPV vaccine administration? How many others world-wide do they represent? 1,080? 10,800? Once again, no one knows. At what point does the collateral damage become unacceptable?

Explain to these families why they are left to their own devices if they want to know what caused their child’s death. Had these deaths occurred after the use of any product other than a vaccine, the offending product would have been promptly removed from the market pending the outcome of investigations to determine the cause of the problem.

There is no valid excuse for the situation to be different with vaccines. It is high time for the FDA/CDC and every other government health agency worldwide to man-up and actually do the job they are paid to do – protect public health and safety. Investigate each and every death thoroughly. Determine the causes.

It should not be up to the survivors to prove a causal relationship; it should be up to the manufacturer to show that none exists.

References:
1. http://www3.cfo.com
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21944226 (see table 3, The ATHENA human papillomavirus study: design, methods, and baseline results.) http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/80272698
3. http://sanevax.org/gone-after-gardasil-jessica-new-york/
4. http://sanevax.org/gone-after-gardasil-christina-maryland/
5. http://sanevax.org/gone-after-gardasil-annabelle-canada/
6. http://sanevax.org/gone-after-gardasil-jasmine-new-zealand/
7. http://sanevax.org/gone-after-gardasil-megan-new-mexico/

By Freda Birrell and Norma Erickson, SaneVax Inc.

Please visit our site at http://sanevax.org/.

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Curt Linderman Sr.
Infowars.com
February 3, 2012

As of Dec. 2011, there have been 24,610 documented adverse reactions associated with the HPV vaccines, 3,269 have been serious. Given the fact that data from the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database and the National Vaccine Information Center claim that less than 10% of adverse reactions are actually reported, these numbers could be far more frightening.

Sane Vax, an HPV vaccine victim’s advocacy group (www.sanevax.org) recently sent an open letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (1). In this letter and subsequent articles pertaining to HPV Vaccine injuries, it is explained that all drugs given a “fast track” or accelerated approval process through the Food and Drug Administration, are required to verify and prove the fast tracked drug is actually effective and safe through post marketing studies (2). Gardacil was one of those “fast tracked” drugs, despite the fact that I can’t seem to remember the epidemic of young women dropping in the streets, succumbing to cervical cancer. There was no reason to fast track such a vaccine. This kind of tactic should only be available for epidemic and pandemic viruses.

A recently published, and industry sponsored, study (3) conducted on 12,852 young women seems to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that HPV vaccines are not working and even seem to be causing cancers! Gardacil and Cervarix, the two HPV vaccines manufactured at this time, only vaccinate for a small number of the human papillomavirus strains and in this study, suggest that HPV vaccination was found to reduce HPV-16 infections by a mere 0.6% in vaccinated vs. unvaccinated women.

Sane Vax states that, in the very same study, 2.6% to 6.2% more HPV vaccinated young women experienced other high risk (carcinogenic) HPV infections than unvaccinated women! When one considers the drastic numbers of adverse reactions, the lack of proof that any post marketing studies are showing success for the vaccines and the outcry from parents regarding draconian measures from governments to force girls (and now boys) to get vaccinated, Secretary Sebellius, the HHS and the FDA should immediately stop the HPV vaccine recommendations and forcibly remove the product from the market.

Why on earth would they continue to mandate these vaccines to our young girls and boys, given the facts that you, the reader, have available now? Given the PAP smears and other gynecological efforts made available to girls around the western world, this vaccine will end up being a nightmare. These girls, believing that the FDA and Secretary Sebellius have done their homework and the vaccine is both safe and effective, will believe they are protected and be less likely to go to the doctor for their checkups. This alone will cost numerous lives. Add to this, the evidence from this most recent study that vaccinated girls are getting more cancers, and you have a recipe for disaster.

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The FDA asserts that the foreign DNA fragments found in Gardasil pose no risk. In contrast, Dr. Hanan Polansky, from the Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease, uses his highly acclaimed discovery of Microcompetition to explain how these DNA fragments can cause major diseases.

PR Web

Rochester, New York (PRWEB) February 4, 2012

Gardasil is the FDA approved HPV vaccine. As of September 15, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) received a total of 20,096 reports of adverse events in relation to Gardasil vaccination. Dr. Hanan Polansky, Director of the Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease, will discuss his discovery of Microcompetition with Norma Erickson, President of SANE Vax Inc. Dr. Polansky will use Microcompetition to explain the biological mechanism underlying the Gardasil adverse events. Leslie Carol Botha will host the event on the Holy Hormones Radio Show. The show will be broadcast on the community radio station KRFC FM in Fort Collins, CO, Monday, February 6, from 6 to 7pm MST.

Dr. Hanan Polansky is the author of the highly acclaimed “Purple” book, entitled Microcompetition with Foreign DNA and the Origin of Chronic Disease. In his book he explains how foreign DNA fragments can cause many major diseases without damaging (mutating) the human DNA. The book has been read by more than 5,000 scientists around the world, and has been reviewed in more than 20 leading scientific journals.

“Even if only a portion of the author’s (Dr. Hanan Polansky’s) thesis is correct, it would establish wholly new insights into the pathogenesis of chronic disease states, and would have significant implications for treatment and/or prevention.” – Kim E. Barrett, PhD – Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine

The FDA says on its website that “Since the early development of Gardasil, FDA and the manufacturer (Merck and Co., Inc.) have known that after purification of the vaccine, small quantities of residual recombinant HPV L1-specific DNA fragments remain in the vaccine.” … “The presence of DNA fragments is expected in Gardasil … these are not contaminants …. The presence of these DNA fragments is expected, is not a risk to vaccine recipients, and is not a safety factor.”

The FDA and Merck admit that Gardasil contains foreign DNA fragments. However, the FDA asserts that these foreign DNA fragments pose no risk. In contrast, Dr. Hanan Polansky, in his highly acclaimed “Purple” book explains how certain foreign DNA fragments, at high concentrations, cause major diseases, such as, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and even obesity even when the DNA is broken and not functioning.

In fact, the center encourages biologists, virologists, geneticists and scientists and the general public to obtain a copy of Dr. Hanan Polansky’s book and read it before the radio interview on February 6th. The book is available as a free download from the CBCD website.

(http://www.cbcd.net)

“Dr. Polansky takes an interesting approach when relating the diseases discussed in this book. He uses a detailed quantitative analysis to explain his theories of microcompetition with foreign DNA. I especially enjoyed how he found links between these different chronic diseases. It was quite thought-provoking.” – Afshin Beheshti, PhD Research Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Forsyth Institute, (Harvard Medical Center Affiliate)

The CBCD endorses Dr. Polansky’s theory, and invites the media, scientists, and the general public to contact us on this issue.

For more information on the Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease, or to schedule an interview with Dr. Polansky, please visit http://www.cbcd.net or call 585-250-9999.

The FDA quotes above can be found here:

http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm276859.htm

The Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease (CBCD, http://www.cbcd.net) is a research center recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization. The mission of the CBCD is to advance the research on the biology of chronic diseases, and to accelerate the discovery of treatments for these diseases.

The CBCD published the “Purple” book entitled “Microcompetition with Foreign DNA and the Origin of Chronic Disease” written by Dr. Hanan Polansky. The book presents Dr. Polansky’s highly acclaimed scientific theory on the relationship between the DNA of latent (chronic) viruses and the onset of chronic diseases. Dr. Polansky’s book is available as a free download from the CBCD website.

We invite biologists, virologists, and scientists everywhere to download Dr. Polansky’s book here: http://cbcd.net/.

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Posted By: Dan Spector dspector@astral.com · 2/1/2012 10:01:00 PM

On a day when CJAD News was discussing the story of a family intending to sue a massive pharmaceutical company for $200 000 after their daughter died soon after receiving the anti-HPV (Human papillomavirus) vaccine Gardasil, researcher Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic joined Aaron for a fascinating discussion about the safety of the vaccine.

Dr.Tomljenovic hails from the Neural Dynamics Research Group at the University of British Columbia, and along with colleague Dr. Chris Shaw has published a controversial new study that asks: “Is it possible that HPV vaccines have been promoted to women based on inaccurate information?

Their essay was published online in late December in the medical journal Annals of Medicine.

To read about their findings, take a look at the following Medscape article. It sums up Tomljenovic and Shaw’s work nicely. If you’re interested in some of the controversy and backlash resulting from this study, scroll to the bottom.

January 31, 2012 — Is the policy for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at odds with evidence-based medicine?

Yes, according to an essay published online December 22, 2011, in the Annals of Medicine.

Canadian researchers Lucija Tomljenovic, PhD, and Christopher Shaw, PhD, from the Neural Dynamics Research Group, University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, point out that there is a major discrepancy in claims regarding the safety and efficacy of Gardasil (Merck & Co) and Cervarix (GlaxoSmithKline) — the 2 HPV vaccines that are currently on the market.

The vaccines have been heavily promoted in the United States by their respective manufacturers, the essayists report. In addition, the vaccines are backed by government agencies in the United States, including the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration, and by medical authorities in a number of other countries.

HPV vaccination has been mired in controversy since the first vaccine was approved in the United States in 2006. There have been clashes among politicians, parents, professional and advocacy organizations, and public health officials, with heated exchanges over issues ranging from safety, the premise that vaccination will promote sexual activity in teens, cost, and concerns about aggressive lobbying by Merck to make the vaccine mandatory for girls.

Drs. Tomljenovic and Shaw note that skepticism about the vaccine has been increasing for a number of reasons, despite reassurances from the public-health sector. In their essay, they examine the current evidence to answer a key question: “Is it possible that HPV vaccines have been promoted to women based on inaccurate information?”

Does it Prevent Cancer?

One major issue is the claim made by medical authorities that HPV vaccines are an important tool in preventing cervical cancer. The efficacy of the vaccines in preventing cervical cancer has not been demonstrated because the study periods have been too short, say the essayists.

The longest follow-up from phase 2 trials for Gardasil is 5 years and for Cervarix is 8.4 years, but invasive cervical cancer can take 20 to 40 years to develop from the time of HPV infection.

“We don’t know the duration of the immune response of the vaccines,” Dr. Tomljenovic told Medscape Medical News, “so we don’t know if they are actually preventing cervical cancer or simply postponing it.”

Both vaccines very effectively prevent persistent infections with high-risk HPV types 16 and 18 and the associated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2/3 lesions in HPV-naïve young women. However, note the essayists, even persistent HPV infections caused by high-risk strains generally do not lead to precursor lesions in the short term or to cervical cancer in the long term.

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Read More:

PRLog: http://www.prlog.org/11788021-sanevax-inc-writes-open-letter-to-kathleen-sebelius-secretary-of-health-rescind-gardasil-approval.html
SANE Vax Inc. http://sanevax.org/sanevax-writes-open-letter-to-kathleen-sebelius-secretary-of-health-rescind-approval-of-gardasil-due-to-lack-of-efficacy-during-post-licensure-monitoring/

Read the complete article and related information at Press Release: SaneVax Inc Writes Open Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services: Rescind Gardasil Approval

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Posted By: Laura Casella lcasella@astral.com · 1/31/2012 12:58:00 PM

A family is seeking close to $200 000 from the sellers of the HPV vaccine because they believe it killed their teenage daughter.

Linda Morin says while she approved of her 14-year-old daughter Annabelle getting the vaccine, she didn’t know when she’d receive it.

So when Annabelle was rushed to the hospital one night for constant vomiting and a loss of memory, Morin says she didn’t know it was just days following a first dose of Gardasil.

Doctors also couldn’t make the link and diagnosed it as a simple migraine.

Annabelle then went on to get a second dose of the vaccine and a few days after that in December 2008, was found dead in the bathtub.

“I was shocked. I didn’t know what to do,” Morin says.

The family is now seeking $197 000 in damages from Merck Frosst, which markets the vaccine, and from three doctors who treated Annabelle after her first dose.

Merck Frosst refused comment when contacted by CJAD news.

Read more here…. http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/01/30/une-famille-reclame-197-000-

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The Times of India

January 28, 2012

WARDHANNAPET (WARANGAL): A 55-year-old tribal woman died after taking drugs for a clinical trial at Donga Chintha Thanda in Wardhannapet mandal in Warangal district on Friday. The incident set off alarm bells once again on the dangerous consequences of trials of this nature involving poor and innocent villagers.

Tapawath Chilukamma was bedridden ever since clinical trials related to gynaecology were conducted on her by Axis Clinical Labs. Upon hearing the news of her death, villagers took out a protest rally while youth staged a rasta roko on Wardhannapet-Khammam main road shouting slogans against clinical trials.

Sources said Chilukamma was among 10 others who were taken to Hydarabad for conducting the first phase of trials on June 27, 2010. After keeping them there for 10 days and taking blood samples and testing the medicine, the women were sent back. Three women from the group started vomiting and complaining of severe physical pain soon after. Chilukamma was wracked by severe joint pains, dizziness, nausea and chest pains.

Their condition never got back to normal and a team of Central Pharmacy Board arrived at the village on June 25, 2011, and enquired with Chilukamma as to what line of experiment was done on her by Axis Lab. Two other women, Rangamma and Ratnamma, who also fell ill are still bedridden. Sources said the lab had promised Rs 8,500 each, but the women were yet to be paid the amount. Relatives and family members staged a dharna with the body of Chilukamma and demanded stringent action against the lab. BC welfare minister Baswaraju Saraiah has directed the district collector to conduct an inquiry into the clinical experiments on the innocent tribals. The villagers gheraoed RDO Sangeetha who visited the thanda and demanded action against the pharma lab.

It may be recalled that some 35 women and a few men in Piduguralla in Guntur district were also taken for clinical trials by Axis Lab last year, which earned all-round criticism. In 2009, teenage girls in tribal welfare hostels in Khammam district were given HPV vaccines (to prevent cervical cancer) like Gardasil and Cervarix. It was only after the death of five girls that the clinical trials stopped.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by: Rosemary Mathis, Vice President of Victim Support, SANE VAX, INC.

No one can disagree with the fact that children are the future of the world. Without children, there would be no future. As educators you are responsible for not only teaching young minds, but also for the children’s physical health and well-being for several hours each day.

The SaneVax team knows you take your position seriously. Since the adverse events to be expected after HPV vaccine administration, (GardasilR, CervarixR, or Silgard) are not widely published, we would like to provide you with a list of potential health problems your students may experience after administration of HPV vaccines.

Although the manufacturers say these adverse events are rare, in one clinical trial 73.3% of the trial participants experienced new medical conditions after vaccination. Many of them were quite serious. Any new medical condition experienced after vaccination should be considered a potential adverse effect until proven otherwise.

These conditions are quite frequently attributed to causes other than vaccination; hence delaying necessary medical care. This is particularly true of HPV vaccinations, because the side effects may not show up for months.

The most common side effects of HPV vaccines are pain, swelling, itching, bruising and redness at the injection site, headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting and fainting.

The following side effects are less common, but more dangerous:

*Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or wheezing (bronco spasm)
*Hives and/or rash
*Swollen glands (neck, armpit, or groin)
*Joint, leg, or chest pain
*Unusual tiredness, weakness, lethargy, brain fog, or confusion
*Chills
*Generally feeling unwell
*Aching muscles and/or muscle weakness
*Difficulty keeping food down, vomiting or stomach ache
*Seizures
*Shortness of breath
*Chest pain
*Bad stomach pain
*Skin infection
*Bleeding or bruising more easily than normal

This list is by no means comprehensive; it is taken directly from HPV patient Product Information inserts. Many young girls from around the world have experienced many more severe events after HPV vaccination. For the health and safety of the children in your care, please be alert to any changes in your student’s health and behavior post-vaccination.

Should a student experience any of the less common side effect symptoms even months after vaccination, please alert their parents to the possibility that the student may be exhibiting a vaccine reaction, so they can consult their physician for proper medical care.

The SaneVax team would like to thank you for taking care of and watching out for the health and well-being of the students throughout the world.

Norma Erickson, President of SaneVax Inc.
Rosemary Mathis, Vice President, Victim Support
Freda Birrell, Secretary
Leslie Carol Botha, Vice President of Public Relations
Janny Stokvis, Vice President of Research
Linda Thompson, Treasurer

Please visit our site at http://sanevax.org/

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