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The Deception Behind HPV Infection Rates That Sells Unnecessary Vaccines

You may have seen and been alarmed by mass media reports about the latest Journal of the American Medical Association study that claim the human papillomavirus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer has infected far more women -- about 27 percent of women between ages 14-59 -- than most experts assumed.

Unfortunately, the media has focused on that sole number among an array of facts about HPV, and the one Merck, makers of the unnecessary vaccine Gardasil, no doubt hoped for.

No surprise, the media neglected to take a closer look at all the facts reported in the study that wind up telling a completely different tale about HPV.

  • Just 2 percent of the patients in the study were infected by the kinds of HPV that put them at high-risk for developing cervical cancer.
  • A little more than 3 percent were infected with the types of HPV that Gardasil was concocted to prevent.
  • About 90 percent of all HPV infections go away within two years.
  • The most important risk factors of HPV are marital status, age and the number of sexual partners.

Amazing how a full disclosure of all the facts put an entirely different spin on HPV, and the hugely debatable need for any American state to consider requiring Gardasil. Let's hope, as the real facts about this study emerge, Texas Gov. Rick Perry's executive order mandating young girls be vaccinated with Gardasil, after opportune lobbying by his former chief of staff, will evaporate just as quickly.

Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 297, No. 8, February 28, 2007: 813-819 Free Full Text Study

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons March 1, 2007





 
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Posted On Mar 03, 2007
Ohhh...THIS one burns me up to the point that I have let myself become consumed with anger. Merk has been bedfellows with American politicians wayyyy too long. They have been actively lobbying, giving an undisclosed amount of money to "Women in Government" long before this hit the market. Gov. Perry is only one of many crooked politicians who have accepted blood money from these sewer rats!  Anyone who thinks putting 225 mcg of additional aluminum into the bloodstreams of our nations little girls in the form of a worthless vaccine, is just plain stupid! 

The "Opting Out" clause does not protect our children from well-meaning parents who put blind trust in the vaccine industry. Far too many have succumbed to the tv ads telling these parents that if they don't immediately drag their children in for their shots, they will likely die from cervical cancer. I know several parents who have done so already. I had one mom point her finger in my face, telling me I had BETTER see to it that my 15 year old grandaughter gets that vaccine! My response? "Over MY dead body!".... My daughters are educated to the dangers of vaccines. One of my grandchildren was mercury poisoned from a flu shot at 19 months! Need I say more?
 
I have been actively writing lettes to various Governors and Legislators, the first one being to Gov. Perry. Recently, I have sent several letters to Gov. Strickland here in Ohio, defining the dangers of this and other vaccines. With the pressure of many constituents, he was able to see past the money and has since put this legislation on hold. Rep. Edna Brown, however, is still actively trying to get this pushed through!

Please, everyone...take the time to write to the Governor of your State. It's so easy to get their e-mail addresses from their websites. The more they are bombarded, the more they will respond!

Sorry for the rant, but this subject is too close to home!!!!

 
minnie-me
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Russ Bianchi
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Posted On Mar 04, 2007
Like I said before, Gov. Perry's daughters, granddaughters, nieces, and any women of child bearing age, along with EVERy member of his staff's female relatives, Perry's lawyer's, PR/Spin agent's, accountant's, and MERCK's entire payroll's (including lobbyists who have NOT backed off pushing this poison as Merck claimed in a press release) should be REQUIRED to take this deadly vaccine before it is ever legally allowed to be sold (for a profit), by lobbied AND railroaded efforts, on the general public. 

If this does not occur, Perry and all crooked politicians like him, should be run out of office for child endangerment, contributing to the delinquency of minors, bribery, obstruction of justice, breath of oath of office, etc.


marky56
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Posted On Dec 18, 2007
I believe the corruption of our elected officials is an artifact of the privatized electoral process.  If you want to run for office, you need to make a faustian bargain.   I say lets work toward nationalized elections through limiting campaigns to public tv, public radio, and public web sites.  If they are called public, (venues),  they should be used for the public good.  This could enable people to run for office who are blocked by the economic barriers to entry into the political process, thus making bribing them harder, in that they would not be able to disguise a bribe as a campaign contribution.

 
 
 
Posted On Mar 02, 2007
The governor of Virginia is going to require all 10 year old girls to get vaccinated with this HPV vaccine by 2009.

That's extremely disturbing.  Consider the following excerpt from the fda.gov website...

"Gardasil was evaluated and approved in six months under FDA's priority review process--a process for products with potential to provide significant health benefits."

6 months???!!!  Only evaluated and approved in 6 months.  But it gets better. Again according to the FDA website -

"While the study period was not long enough for cervical cancer to develop, the prevention of these cervical precancerous lesions is believed highly likely to result in the prevention of those cancers."

So now we are requiring mandatory vaccines for 10 year old girls in Virginia to get 3 shots in 6 months based on a BELIEF.  So what that sounds like to me is...

THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THIS VACCINE DOES ACTUALLY PREVENT CERVICAL CANCER!

Now, in light of this information, should states be requring this vaccine?  We have no idea what the long term effects are going to be of this vaccine on our children and on their children (the next genration).

It should be noted that parents in Virginia have the option of saying "NO!" and to have their children NOT get this vaccine.  But they have to provide a notarized letter saying that.  This holds true in Virginia for all vaccination requirements.

But for the uneducated parent, who blindly trusts drug companies and legislatures to make rationale decisions, it's sad.  Because they will just go along with the status quo and never question the basis for these hasty decisions to supposedly better our health.


 
givemeabreak
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Posted On Mar 02, 2007
Ha Ha!  You lose Merck...take your pathetic attempt at a vaccine and go home.  Although why are some large institutions recommending this vaccine?  This is so blatantly obvious that Merck is going through the back door.  They are truly as deceptive as Monsanto.  Oh, and what if Gardasil causes infertility?  Hmmm, you are not so sure about the long term effects of this vaccine because it was just approved.  Okay, has anyone seen the Origin of Aids?  Very interesting TV documentary.  My gut reaction to Gardasil was, no way in hell will my daughters receive this vaccine!!!  Even if it was free...I would not, could not, will not as Dr. Suess might say.  

 
LM36
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Posted On May 22, 2007
Well they've started the mass vaccination campaign down here (Australia), and people have started reporting reactions, including fainting and paralysis within half an hour after treatment (in one school five incidences).

Naturally, there's no link, a call for calm etc.

It pains me to see people getting hurt by this vaccine, but gladdens me that the people taking the vaccines and observing their personal reactions are old enough to feel the before and after, and elucidate their feelings and observations.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21774785-5003402,00.html



 
Steve M
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Posted On Mar 02, 2007
MERCK (Mostly Evil Researchers, Crooks & Kafkaesquers), did report large profits two days ago, and it appears in the financial disclosures to Wall Street institutional and fund investors, that Merck executives have absolutely no intention, despite their press releases to the contrary, of backing off their aggressive sales campaign to force use of this deadly and nonefficacious vaccine.

 
Russ Bianchi
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