Massive Vaccine Cover-Up

from  : http://www.anh-usa.org/massive-vaccine-cover-up/

New evidence shows that members of a global vaccine committee may have been involved in a massive cover-up regarding the safety of the HPV vaccine. State-based action alerts!

Earlier this month, Cornell-trained clinical pathologist Sin Hang Lee, MD, sent an open letter to the director general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, alleging that members of the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) are guilty of gross misconduct and criminal malfeasance in their efforts to mislead the global public on the safety of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

The controversy revolves around Dr. Lee’s study finding that Gardasil (Merck’s HPV vaccine) contains HPV L1 gene DNA fragments. In a separate case study, Dr. Lee found HPV-16 L1 DNA fragments in post-mortem blood samples of a teenager who died six months after receiving three Gardasil injections. Dr. Lee hypothesizes that the HPV L1 gene DNA fragments bind to aluminum adjuvants in the vaccine and are carried through the blood stream by macrophages to the brain, causing the adverse effects many experience after receiving HPV shots. Based on this evidence, Dr. Lee called for further study of the HPV vaccines.

One would think the scientific community would take heed—especially scientists on the GACVS, who are responsible for advising the world on vaccine safety. Aluminum in vaccines is a serious issue that we’ve addressed at length in previous coverage. There are studies that have linked aluminum to all kinds of negative health effects ranging from autism to Alzheimer’s disease. Other researchers have noted that, despite eighty years of use, the safety of aluminum adjuvants rests largely on assumptions rather than experimental evidence.

Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request indicate that members of GACVS saw Dr. Lee as an inconvenient adversary to their pro-vaccine agenda from the start. Note that this was all taking place before a public hearing in Japan to determine whether or not the Japanese government would recommend the vaccine to its citizens. Because there were no peer-reviewed studies refuting Dr. Lee’s claims, GACVS needed to get creative to reassure the Japanese government that the HPV vaccine was totally safe and Dr. Lee’s findings could be ignored.

GACVS did this through a presentation at the hearing and an official statement afterward. However, as Dr. Lee argues in his open letter, the official statement contains numerous—and in his view, intentional—misrepresentations of peer-reviewed science that conflate the facts in an attempt to mislead the public. Dr. Lee also alleges that members of GACVS knew that the HPV vaccine, more so than other vaccines, caused an increased inflammatory response and the release of cytokines and tumor necrosis factors (TNF)—yet still assured the public that the HPV vaccine was safe. Release of TNF can cause cell death and a wide range of inflammatory reactions—including death in some instances.

GACVS admits in its statement that it did not even review Dr. Lee’s work but claims it was reviewed by a “panel of experts.” No names are provided, nor are any further credentialing details about this “panel.”

Dr. Lee’s letter cites many more instances of GACVS scrambling to refute the science by misstating the facts and misleading the non-scientific public. Interested readers should consult Dr. Lee’s full letter for a more detailed account of this shameful, possibly criminal, manipulation of the facts.

This is only the latest cause for concern in regard to the HPV vaccine’s safety. You can consult our previous coverage for more of that information, especially of the former Merck doctor who said that Gardasil would become the “greatest medical scandal of all time.” There have also been as-yet-unexplained (or even acknowledged) cover-ups of other vaccine research as well, for example the decision to hide evidence that the MMR vaccine caused autism among black male infants.

Science is ever-evolving, with new evidence coming to light all of the time which throws doubt on previously held assumptions. What this scandal shows is that the proponents of the vaccine industry, who consistently and vehemently claim the mantle of “science” to defend their elimination of our freedoms, care less about the actual science than about pushing their own agenda, regardless of the evidence or the cost in human life—the very antithesis of the scientific method. Unfortunately, governments and world health organizations are now integrated into the vaccine industry in a way that can only be described as cronyism.

Action Alerts! On American soil, multiple states are pressing forward with legislation that would limit or restrict your freedom of choice when it comes to vaccination. If you haven’t done so already, check below to see if your state is one of them and please contact your state legislators immediately.

Lead Developer Of HPV Vaccines Comes Clean, Warns Parents & Young Girls It’s All A Giant Deadly Scam

BY BRENT LAMBERT • JULY 16, 2013 • BUSINESS, HEALTH, SCIENCE • COMMENTS (0) • 909623

Dr. Diane Harper was a leading expert responsible for the Phase II and Phase III safety and effectiveness studies which secured the approval of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines, Gardasil™ and Cervarix™.  Dr. Harper also authored many of the published, scholarly papers about the vaccines.  She is now the latest in a long string of experts who are pressing the red alert button on the devastating consequences and irrelevancy of these vaccines.  Dr. Harper made her surprising confession at the 4th International Converence on Vaccination which took place in Reston, Virginia.  Her speech, which was originally intended to promote the benefits of the vaccines, took a 180-degree turn when she chose instead to clean her conscience about the deadly vaccines so she “could sleep at night”.  The following is an excerpt from a story by Sarah Cain:

“Dr. Harper explained in her presentation that the cervical cancer risk in the U.S. is already extremely low, and that vaccinations are unlikely to have any effect upon the rate of cervical cancer in the United States.  In fact, 70% of all HPV infections resolve themselves without treatment in a year, and the number rises to well over 90% in two years.  Harper also mentioned the safety angle.  All trials of the vaccines were done on children aged 15 and above, despite them currently being marketed for 9-year-olds.  So far, 15,037 girls have reported adverse side effects from Gardasil™ alone to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and this number only reflects parents who underwent the hurdles required for reporting adverse reactions.  At the time of writing, 44 girls are officially known to have died from these vaccines.  The reported side effects include Guillian Barré Syndrome (paralysis lasting for years, or permanently — sometimes eventually causing suffocation), lupus, seizures, blood clots, and brain inflammation.  Parents are usually not made aware of these risks.  Dr. Harper, the vaccine developer, claimed that she was speaking out, so that she might finally be able to sleep at night.  ’About eight in every ten women who have been sexually active will have HPV at some stage of their life,’ Harper says.  ’Normally there are no symptoms, and in 98 per cent of cases it clears itself.  But in those cases where it doesn’t, and isn’t treated, it can lead to pre-cancerous cells which may develop into cervical cancer.’” 

Although these two vaccines are marketed as protection against cervical cancer, this claim is purely hypothetical.  Studies have proven “there is no demonstrated relationship between the condition being vaccinated for and the rare cancers that the vaccine might prevent, but it is marketed to do that nonetheless.  In fact, there is no actual evidence that the vaccine can prevent any cancer.  From the manufacturers own admissions, the vaccine only works on 4 strains out of 40 for a specific venereal disease that dies on its own in a relatively short period, so the chance of it actually helping an individual is about about the same as the chance of her being struck by a meteorite.”  

UPDATE #1: Since coming forward with the truth about the devastating consequences of the HPV vaccine, Dr. Harper has been victim of a relentless campaign attempting to discredit the validity of her claims.  Harper was even misquoted by British tabloid The Sunday Express which printed a false story loaded with fabricated quotations attributed to Harper.  In an interview with The Guardian, Harper makes it very clear about what exactly she said in order to protect herself from a potential lawsuit.  In an interview with CBS NEWS, Harper clarifies her position, and once again makes it crystal clear just how devastating this vaccine can be: “If we vaccinate 11 year olds and the protection doesn’t last … we’ve put them at harm from side effects, small but real, for no benefit,” says Dr. Harper. “The benefit to public health is nothing, there is no reduction in cervical cancers, they are just postponed, unless the protection lasts for at least 15 years, and over 70% of all sexually active females of all ages are vaccinated.”  She also says that enough serious side effects have been reported after Gardasil use that the vaccine could prove riskier than the cervical cancer it purports to prevent.  Cervical cancer is usually entirely curable when detected early through normal Pap screenings.

“The risks of serious adverse events including death reported after Gardasil use in (the JAMA article by CDC’s Dr. Barbara Slade) were 3.4/100,000 doses distributed,” Harper tells CBS NEWS.  ”The rate of serious adverse events on par with the death rate of cervical cancer.  Gardasil has been associated with at least as many serious adverse events as there are deaths from cervical cancer developing each year.  Indeed, the risks of vaccination are underreported in Slade’s article, as they are based on a denominator of doses distributed from Merck’s warehouse.  Up to a third of those doses may be in refrigerators waiting to be dispensed as the autumn onslaught of vaccine messages is sent home to parents the first day of school.  Should the denominator in Dr. Slade’s work be adjusted to account for this, and then divided by three for the number of women who would receive all three doses, the incidence rate of serious adverse events increases up to five fold. How does a parent value that information,” said Harper.

“Parents and women must know that deaths occurred,” Harper tells CBS NEWS.  “Not all deaths that have been reported were represented in Dr. Slade’s work, one-third of the death reports were unavailable to the CDC, leaving the parents of the deceased teenagers in despair that the CDC is ignoring the very rare but real occurrences that need not have happened if parents were given information stating that there are real, but small risks of death surrounding the administration of Gardasil.”  She also worries that Merck’s aggressive marketing of the vaccine may have given women a false sense of security. “The future expectations women hold because they have received free doses of Gardasil purchased by philanthropic foundations, by public health agencies or covered by insurance is the true threat to cervical cancer in the future.  Should women stop Pap screening after vaccination, the cervical cancer rate will actually increase per year. Should women believe this is preventive for all cancers — something never stated, but often inferred by many in the population — a reduction in all health care will compound our current health crisis.  Should Gardasil not be effective for more than 15 years, the most costly public health experiment in cancer control will have failed miserably.”  Harper notes that her concern for the vaccine’s deadly side effects applies only to women in the Western world.  ”Of course, in developing countries where there is no safety Pap screening for women repeatedly over their lifetimes, the risks of serious adverse events may be acceptable as the incidence rate of cervical cancer is five to 12 times higher than in the US, dwarfing the risk of death reported after Gardasil.”

UPDATE #2: THE NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER HAS CONFIRMED TWO VIROLOGISTS, STEPHEN KRAHLING AND JOAN WLOCHOWSKI HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEIR FORMER EMPLOYER AND VACCINE MANUFACTURER MERCK.  NVIC WRITES: “THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT MERCK DEFRAUDED THE U.S. FOR OVER 10 YEARS BY OVERSTATING THE MMR VACCINE’S EFFECTIVENESS.  THE VIROLOGISTS CLAIM IN THEIR LAWSUIT THAT THEY ‘WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE IMPROPER TESTING AND DATA FALSIFICATION IN WHICH MERCK ENGAGED TO ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE THE VACCINE’S EFFICACY FINDINGS.”  NVIC PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, BARBARA LOE FISHER, WARNS OF THE DISTURBINGLY COZY RELATIONSHIP AND OVERWHELMING CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH VACCINE SAFETY OVERSIGHT (SUCH AS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL) AND VACCINE MANUFACTURERS.  MERCK’S GLOBAL VACCINE SALES TOTAL MORE THAN $20 BILLION A YEAR.

As the world’s pharmaceutical giants continue to be driven less by moral accountability and more by profit and shareholder-driven bottom lines, we are going to see more and more products such as this vaccine which are marketed as “essential to one’s survival.”  While some vaccines are indeed essential, such as vaccines for polio and measles, the HPV vaccine is a new beast entirely.  To learn more about how pharmaceutical giants are putting profits ahead of ethics you need to watch FRONTLINE’s terrifying new documentary “Hunting The Nightmare Bacteria.”

Why is the CDC Ignoring Explosion of Recorded HPV Vaccine Injuries, as Other Countries Move to Take Protective Action?

Last month (December 2013), Katie Couric’s popular daytime television show aired an episode on “The HPV Controversy.” Both sides of the controversy were represented, but the show was widely criticized in the mainstream media for simply suggesting there was a controversy. Vaccine damaged families were interviewed (watch the interviews here), but according to the medical community, Gardasil and the HPV vaccine are completely safe.

So Katie Couric issued what was basically an apology and then aired a follow-up show which featured the one-sided standard government position, with an interview of  Dr. Anne Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General and Director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

Dressed in military attire, the whole interview was basically an appeal to authority: Trust us, we are the authorities, and we know what’s best.

Norma Erickson is the director of SaneVax, the leading website on the Internet highlighting the dangers of the HPV vaccine. She was present with Katie Couric at the first show airing both sides, but no one representing the victims of the vaccine were present for the airing of the second show. She offers her rebuttal below, giving facts and hard science in reply to the spin piece by the government doctor, who is obviously trying to do “damage control,” which was aired on the most recent Couric show.

As Norma shares the data and science below, in response to the government doctor’s comment “we aren’t finding any concerning problems” regarding Gardasil, also keep in mind the following facts:

• The U.S. government holds patents on Gardasil and also earns royalties from the sale of the vaccine.
• People injured or killed by the Gardasil vaccine cannot sue Merck, as all vaccine manufacturers have legal immunity from lawsuits in the U.S.
• More than 10 young women have recently sued Sanofi, the distributor of Gardasil in France, for damages due to the vaccine,  including lupus, Guillain-Barré, ADEM, idiopathic hypersomnia, and multiple sclerosis.
• Japan halted recommendations for the HPV vaccine and has begun a full scale probe over its safety, due to the large amount of serious adverse reactions reported.

 

How closely does the CDC monitor HPV vaccine safety?

by Norma Erickson
SaneVax, Inc.

December 4, 2013, the Katie Couric Show aired several segments focusing on The HPV Vaccine Controversy. Her guests included Emily Tarsell, Rosemary and Lauren Mathis, Dr. Diane Harper and Dr. Mallika Marshall.

In response to the ensuing firestorm of criticism the show generated, Katie Couric invited Dr. Anne Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General and Director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, to do a segment for Friday’s show in order to “make sure people understand the facts about this vaccine and human papillomavirus (HPV).”

Dr. Schuchat’s answers to Katie Couric’s questions can be viewed in the video above, or on HPV Vaccine Conversation Continued. During the interview Dr. Schuchat was asked about the safety of HPV vaccines, she stated:

“As the leader of the CDC Immunization Program, I am really committed to a very strong safety monitoring system. What I can say is more than 57 million doses have been used and with all the tests and systems that we track, we aren’t finding any concerning problems.”

Really, Dr. Schuchat – No concerning problems?

According to the CDC, VAERS data are monitored to:

• Detect new, unusual, or rare vaccine adverse events
• Monitor increases in known adverse events
• Identify potential patient risk factors for particular types of adverse events
• Identify vaccine lots with increased numbers or types of reported adverse events
• Assess the safety of newly licensed vaccines

Ostensibly, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is the first line of defense when monitoring vaccine safety. Despite the obvious limitations of drawing concrete conclusions from VAERS data, it does provide an excellent tool for recognizing potential safety signals, red flags if you will, when looking at a specific vaccine’s safety profile.

This article will look at a few items which would raise red flags for the average medical consumer. Perhaps Dr. Schuchat can explain why they are not ‘concerning problems’ for the leader of the CDC Immunization Program.

According to the Rare Diseases Act of 2002, any disease or condition that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States is classified as a rare disease. There are currently more than 6,000 known rare diseases. One could safely assume that if one or more of these rare diseases began to show up in the VAERS database with any regularity it would certainly constitute a safety signal – a signal demanding further investigation.

Let’s take a look at a few examples of VAERS data that should at the very least raise a few eyebrows.

HPV Vaccines and ADEM

According to the NIH, National Institute of Health, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is characterized by a brief but widespread attack of inflammation in the brain and spinal cord that damages myelin – the protective covering of nerve fibers.  ADEM often follows viral or bacterial infections, or less often, vaccination for measles, mumps, or rubella.

In other words, ADEM is a known side effect of some vaccines. It is listed as a rare disease in both the United States and Europe. Examine the following chart showing the VAERS reports of ADEM after all vaccines used in the United States each year from May 1997 through May 2013.

 

 

One would think an 8,100% average per anum increase in reports of this rare condition after the introduction of HPV vaccines would be a huge red flag. Apparently, that is not the case for Dr. Schuchat despite the fact that ADEM is a known adverse effect of some vaccines.

HPV Vaccines and POTS

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is one of a group of rare disorders that have orthostatic intolerance (OI) as their primary symptom (when an excessively reduced volume of blood returns to the heart after an individual stands up from a lying down position). In POTS, orthostatic intolerance causes lightheadedness or fainting, and there is also a rapid increase in heartbeat.

The following chart shows VAERS reports of POTS and related symptoms after HPV vaccines compared to the number of reports filed after all other FDA approved vaccines.

 

 

There are over 80 vaccines FDA approved for use in the United States. If all vaccines were equally safe, HPV vaccines should account for around 3% of the total reports filed with VAERS. As you can clearly see, depending upon the symptom, HPV vaccines account for a disproportionate percentage of the reports filed pertaining to POTS and related symptoms. What is wrong with this picture?

 

 

Still – no ‘concerning problems’ Dr. Schuchat? Not with an average increase of 137% in reports filed per year?

HPV Vaccines and ITP

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) occurs when immune system cells produce antibodies that destroy platelets, which are necessary for normal blood clotting. The antibodies attach to the platelets. The spleen destroys the platelets that carry the antibodies.

The chart below illustrates the average number of reports of purpura on an annual basis for all vaccines listed in the VAERS database. There has been a 68% increase in the average number of purpura cases reported annually since the introduction of HPV vaccines in 2006.

 

 

 

Seriously, Dr. Schuchat, wouldn’t this fall under the heading of potential unusual vaccine adverse events which the VAERS system is designed to alert the members of your staff to investigate?

HPV Vaccines and Infertility

Infertility in the United States is no small problem. The CDC estimates that 10.9% of women ages 15 to 44 experience fertility problems. This estimate was made from data collected from 2006-2010. Since this is not a rare disorder, one would think that any signal which indicated a tendency to exacerbate the problem would be of particular concern.

 

 

OK, the chart above shows a substantial increase of the reports of fertility problems, a 790% increase in the annual average to be exact beginning in 2007. What could have caused such an increase? Does it have anything to do with the introduction of HPV vaccines in mid-2006?

Let’s compare the percentage of infertility reports after HPV vaccines to infertility problems reported after all other vaccines in the VAERS database from May 2007 to November 2013.

 

 

Dr. Schuchat, how can 2 vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, account for such a large percentage of infertility reports to VAERS for such an extended period of time without being a concern?

One Final Chart

 

 

Once again, Dr. Schuchat, how can two vaccines account for such a large percentage of the VAERS database? Why is this not a matter of concern?

Perhaps the mission statement for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Illness says it all:

“The mission of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) is the prevention of disease, disability, and death through immunization and by control of respiratory and related diseases.”

The amount of disease, disability, and death potentially caused by Gardasil and Cervarix are obviously not a ‘concerning problem’ for those who are supposed to be monitoring HPV vaccine safety at the CDC.

Thank you, Dr. Schuchat, for making that perfectly clear to medical consumers in the United States and around the world.

For more revealing graphs, click here.

Read the full article here: http://sanevax.org/closely-cdc-monitor-hpv-vaccine-safety/

See Also:

6248 Permanent Injuries and 144 Deaths Following Gardasil HPV Vaccine: Coincidence or Scandal?

20 million mind-blowing statistics about HPV and cancer

from : http://www.minnpost.com/minnesota-blog-cabin/2012/06/20-million-mind-blowing-statistics-about-hpv-and-cancer

By Kate Madonna Hindes | 06/26/12

I have cervical cancer and HPV

I speak out often about the stigma that is related to cervical cancer and its many forms. The hype of HPV I have is high-risk and is not related to warts or any outward signs. My HPV causes serious dysplasia inside my cervix, which causes tumors, carcinoma in situ and many more complications, (including infertility, breakthrough bleeding and severe pain.) It’s not the pain or the fear that I live with most of all, it’s the stigma of this sidelined disease. I have heard time and time again, HPV being marginalized as a strictly-sexual disease, brought on by promiscuity and deviance. I have battled cervical cancer multiple times and my heart is heavy from hearing names from my survivor group of those that have passed on, or entered hospice care. In speaking nationally for cancer organizations and on Capitol Hill, I know one thing is certain, we must stand for a cure while helping to educate others. Recently, Minnesota Women’s Press featured my story in an article, “Cervical Cancer does not define me.”

I started asking questions a few years ago around funding and cervical cancer. I realized, the answers went far deeper than why cervical cancer was a combination of under-tested, under-reported and under-funded. Cancer.gov states in 2010, $76.5M was spent on cervical cancer funding. (In comparison, this is a very small number, given the amount of women and men affected.)

“The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) investment in cervical cancer research decreased from $83.3 million to $70.8 million between fiscal years (FY) 2006 and 2009 before increasing again to $76.5 million in FY 2010. In addition, NCI supported $14.3 million in cervical cancer research in FY 2009 and 2010 using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).” (Source: Cancer.gov)

HPV and cervical cancer matter

I realized only a short-while later that the golden ticket answer wasn’t in cervical cancer funding, (although important,) it was in HPV funding. In fact, did you know, HeLa cellswere directly taken from Henrietta Lacks, a woman with cervical cancer and HPV? Because of Henrietta’s disease and unknowing sacrifice, many studies became available, including Leukemia, Influenza and numerous vaccines have been developed to help the world’s population. (An infographic from Wired.com shows the incredible uses of the HeLa cells, controversy withstanding.) With the rise of certain types of cancers, it’s hard to understand why the CDC and cancer.gov continue to report that “most cases of HPV go away on their own.” If this is true, how could the cancer statistics be so high, when in direct relation to the HPV virus? You could say, I’m fascinated by the lack of respect HPV is given, especially due to the devastation it is causing in America, alone. This is not to mention the complete misinformation that is scattered about HPV-related cancers being, “rare.”

Also, there is a SIGNIFICANT lack of credible information about HPV and cancer on the web. One of the biggest perpetrators may surprise you. The American Cancer Society can’t even identify cervical cancer correctly, calling it instead, “cervix cancer.” The whole article on their site had my head spinning. (But yes, please give them more donor dollars, because they are obviously doing such a great job.)

Twenty million people

The most powerful statistic I’ve seen is just in the continental US, (where HPV is widely under-reported and under-diagnosed, especially in minority-populations,) that 20 MILLION men and women are currently infected with HPV.

“Thanks to HPV, just about everyone has a sexually transmitted infection these days. About 20 million Americans are currently infected with one or more strains of the virus. Six million more are infected each year. If you have sex, you’re more likely than not to get it before you die. Forty percent of women will contract it within just 16 months of their first vaginal intercourse. And the virus’ proliferation has complicated Americans’ moral judgments concerning sexual activity. The ubiquity of HPV has democratized sexual stigma—the virus infects people of all races, classes, and sexual orientations. If contracting a virus from sex is the norm, it makes it more difficult to dismiss people with STIs as moral degenerates or irresponsible sluts.” {Source: Good.is}

Perspective on funding and related cancers

I wanted to put into perspective how much in funding was given to diseases and how many people currently living with different diseases were infected, considering that each year 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, alone with over 4,000 dying. My guess before spending the last few weeks combing through data was that HPV would have the smallest amount of funding, with some of the largest numbers of those infected. Who is receiving cancer funding from the NCI, (National Cancer Institute and Cancer.gov?) Here is an abbreviated list:

Cancer Type	2008 Spending (in millions)	2009 Spending (in millions)	2010 Spending (in millions)
Lung	$247.6	$246.9	$281.9
Prostate	285.4	293.9	300.5
Breast	572.6	599.5	631.2
Colorectal	273.7	264.2	270.4
Bladder	24.1	25.9	22.6
Melanoma	110.8	103.7	102.3
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	122.6	130.9	122.4
Kidney	43.4	45.2	44.6

(Please, keep in mind this is ONLY the government’s funding to cancer as reported to cancer. gov.) Susan G. Komen for the Cure, raked in $357,832,083 in FYE 2011. (Treating cancer is very profitable. I always keep this in mind.)

As you can see, both Lung and Colorectal cancers were high on the list. However, Cervical Cancer and other HPV-related cancers, (specifically the more “sexually-viewed” ones,) were quietly left to fend for themselves. Cervical Cancer, and HPV are an after-thought to the sexualized “breast” cancer phenomenons, (don’t even get me started.) The above numbers seem alarmingly off, when 20M people have the HPV virus, which directly leads to over 10 types of cancers, (just that we know of.) The statistics surrounding HPV are sobering. With over 100, different strains, HPV can compromise the immune system and according to cancer.gov, the disease can hide for over a decade within the body. In fact, cancer.gov cites the following number of cancers are caused by HPV:

• 90% of anal cancers
• 65% of vaginal cancers
• 99.9% of cervical cancers
• 50% of vulvar cancers
• 35% of penile cancers

(Most damning of all, according to the CDC, recent studies show that about 60% oforopharyngeal cancers (cancers of the back of the throat, including the base of the tongue and tonsils) are linked to HPV.)

Let’s do some math

The numbers surrounding HPV-related cancers might make your head spin. If we take the above digits, knowing that we have the percentages of cancers that are affected by HPV and the amount of people diagnosed, we can find a starting sum to really analyze the impact HPV has on our population. Just looking at anal-related cancers, it’s easy to see how marginalized HPV truly is. The ASCRS, (American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons,) only state in passing that HPV is related to anal cancer, although it’s been proven on cancer.gov and hundreds of studies that the connection is 90%. Smoking, is given its own bullet point, while HPV is simply just mentioned. However, the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation wasn’t afraid to cite more about the research regarding the link between the diseases.

“Nearly 75% of sexually active people in the United States will have a genital HPV infection at some point in their lives.” (Source: Anal Cancer Foundation)

With 90% of anal and colo-rectal cancers being cited as HPV-related, and knowing that the SEER index cited the number of population affected by anal cancer was 1.7 out of 100,000 individuals, it’s easy to see that something is getting lost both in the funding and education of HPV and it’s corresponding effects.

Funding misinformation

With all this information, (and so much still left uncovered,) it’s alarming to know why so little funding is going to HPV and what minuscule amount is allotted towards vaccine development, is controversial in nature. So how much is going to HPV? I could not find ANY hard numbers to the direct funding sources for HPV, itself. Could it be because cancers deemed, “less sexy” and “less deserving” of the public’s money are silently less-funded than their non-sexual, and “blamed” counterparts? Because HPV is spread through genital contact, (among other ways,) many might feel uncomfortable giving to a disease that people, “chose,” especially given the lack of true information on many websites and pamphlets. Why do the words, “sexually active,” automatically blame those who contract a virus? Assuming most, (if not all,) of the population of the United States IS sexually active, (marriages and long-term relationships included,) the statistic which states, “75% of all sexually active people in the US will have had genital HPV infection,” should create a ripple effect, right? Or, so one would think. The main problem with HPV funding is the lack of true research on the disease, and the political machine Gardasil has become. HPV has become its own case of controversial warfare, where funding is withheld for political profit. Look no further than the debate on Planned Parenthood and HPV screening. Some politicians view Planned Parenthood as an abortion provider and nothing else. Whereas, the non-profit actually offers hpv screening and treatment to the often under-served populations and rural towns in the U.S. Instead of identifying cancer early, many without insurance go without tests or treatment, while non-profits are simultaneously attacked for helping, “promiscuous women.” Slut-shaming is a very real problem that today’s women face. As you can see, a trifecta is occuring between politics, funding and women’s health. If we don’t fund HPV research and cure methods soon, many more lives will be lost. The number is literally, incalculable.

Take a stand

You can take a stand by getting your yearly PAP smear. If your test comes back abnormal, please ask for an HPV test; the results may surprise you. Whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, you can keep most symptoms at bay by making healthy lifestyle choices: Yearly paps to diagnose, follow-up care, eating healthy foods and getting adequate rest. These are all things I speak about when discussing HPV. We are not anomalies and we can’t continue to believe that HPV and cancer happens to everyone else and not ourselves. Arm yourself with education about your risk and discuss fears with your physician. Most importantly, never be afraid to seek a second opinion. Our health is far too important to leave to the hands of someone who doesn’t know our bodies as we do.

You also have the ability to raise your voice on Twitter, Facebook and Social Media by reminding others about HPV and its devastating effects. Let your voice be heard by dialing, writing or speaking to those in political office in your area. Let your legislators know that women’s health is not simply a birth control or abortion issue, but one of human rights. While other cancers are funded at eyebrow-raising levels, (where’s the cure?) Most HPV-related cancers are hushed because of their connotation. Remember, 75% of us have HPV in our bodies at any one time, (current statistics from the CDC and NCCC state that number is as high as 85%.) HPV doesn’t “go away on its own,” it simply infects and then lays dormant. The virus never ultimately leaves your body once infected. This and many more reasons are why HPV funding is so important, now just for cervical cancer, but because this disease is affecting our population like no other.

Stressed Women More Prone To Cervical Cancer?

from http://www.tele-management.ca/2013/10/stressed-women-more-prone-to-cervical-cancer/

(TeleManagement) Women who are unable to cope with daily stress may be more prone to develop cervical cancer as compared to their relaxed counterparts, researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have suggested.
Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted virus. The subtype HPV16 is known to play a vital role in the development of the cancer, which is one of the most common cancers in women of child-bearing age.

However most women are able to battle successfully against the HPV virus thus avoiding the development of cancer. The present study looked at reasons why some women who went on to develop cervical cancer were unable to defending themselves against HPV.

Some 78 women participated in this small study and answered questions on the amount of stress they had on a daily basis. Researchers also asked the women to reveal major stressful events like a divorce or death in the family. It must be mentioned that all 78 women had abnormal smear tests.

Thereafter the researchers calculated the ability of the women’s immune systems to battle HPV 16, which is the most common subtype linked to the development of cervical cancer. Around 28 women whose smear tests were normal were chosen as a control group.

The researchers said the immune response to HPV 16 was poorer among women who were stressed everyday as compared to relaxed ones. There was no link between major stressful events and immune response per se.

“Women who report feeling more stressed could be at greater risk of developing cervical cancer because their immune system can’t fight off one of the most common viruses that cause it,” researchers said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 6.2 million Americans become infected with genital HPV each year and that over half of all sexually active men and women become infected at some time in their lives. An estimated 20 million people are currently infected with HPV.

Use of Pap smears on a large scale has reduced the mortality from cervical cancer because of early detection.

However the above study finds that relaxed women may be able to better fight the HPV 16 virus responsible for cervical cancer. It is just one more reason to unwind!

Why Might Vegetarians Have Less HPV?

Cervical cancer is now considered a sexually transmitted disease. It was originally suspected as such, but now we have DNA fingerprinting proof that virtually all cervical cancer is caused by a sexually transmitted virus, human papilloma virus, which also causes cancers of the penis, vagina, vulva and throat. HPV is considered a necessary, but not sufficient cause of cancer.

Most young women contract HPV, but most don’t get cervical cancer because their immune systems are able to clear out the virus. Within one year, 70 percent of women clear the infection, and more than 90 percent clear it within two years — before the virus can cause cancer.

Might those with particularly strong immune systems clear the virus even faster? That’s what may be behind a new study that found vegetarian women had significantly lower infection rates with HPV, one of many studies reporting lower risk of HPV infection among those eating plant-based diets.

If you take a bunch of women with cancer-causing strains of HPV infecting their cervix and follow them out and retest at three months and nine months while analyzing their diets, what do you find? Higher levels of vegetable consumption may cut the risk of HPV persistence in half, doubling one’s likelihood of clearing this potentially cancer-causing infection. And “higher” levels just meant about two or more servings a day. Antioxidants appear to suppress the activation of critical segments of the virus’ DNA. Maybe that’s why smearing green tea on genital warts—also caused by HPV—has been found so effective in clearing them.

In terms of preventing cervical cancer, phytonutrients like lutein (found in dark green leafy vegetables) and lycopene (the red pigment in tomatoes) may decrease viral load, thereby decreasing persistence and progression to disease. Bottom line: higher consumption of vegetables may decrease risk of HPV persistence, which may help explain why a 2013 study found vegan woman have significantly lower rates of all female cancers combined, including cancer of the cervix.

Vegetarians also appear to have lower rates of all cancers combined (see Vegetarians Versus Healthy Omnivores), but Adventist Health Study 2 is the first study of cancer rates among thousands of North American vegans. There are other reasons that help explain these results, from lower levels of the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1 (The Answer to the Pritikin Puzzle), the foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc (How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies), and heterocyclines in cooked meat (Estrogenic Cooked Meat Carcinogens) to more of the good stuff (#1 Anticancer Vegetable and Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better?)

Other viruses may actually be found in the food. See, for example:

• Poultry and Penis Cancer
• Foodborne Rabies
• Wart Cancer Viruses in Food
• Obesity-Causing Chicken Virus
• Hepatitis E Virus in Pork
• Pets & Human Lymphoma

More on improving immune function with improved nutrition can be found in Boosting Immunity While Reducing Inflammation and Boosting Immunity Through Diet.

In health,
Michael Greger, M.D.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/why-might-vegetarians-have-less-hpv.html#ixzz2hNjsYNtS

Why Might Vegetarians Have Less HPV?

HPV Vaccine: A Strong Criticism from Leading Israeli OBGYN Doctor

from http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11149090.htm

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) September 22, 2013

The CBCD has learned that Dr. Uzi Beller, “an international authority on gynecological cancers who treats patients on a daily basis (1)”, came out publicly against vaccinating 65,000, 14-year old girls in Israel with Gardasil (1). Dr. Beller voiced his criticism of Gardasil vaccination at “a meeting in Tel Aviv 10 days ago (with) 40 leading experts on gynecology, oncology, women’s health, vaccines and other specialties (1).”

When describing his opposition to Gardasil vaccination, Dr. Beller said, “I am not at all against vaccines. I just underwent the oral polio vaccination as the Health Ministry instructed medical institutions to give the two drops to every doctor who is in direct contact with patients. But, HPV is different from all other vaccines. It is not a vaccination against cervical cancer but against a virus that in some cases causes a premalignant condition, and in a small number of cases, a malignancy (1).”

“…in an interview with The Jerusalem Post in his office, (Dr. Beller) noted that the …pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the vaccine have been extremely aggressive in their lobbying and marketing; the vaccines are worth billons of dollars to them. At the same time, he said, many medical professionals who advocate vaccination have been pushing a “populistic campaign without being familiar with the issue (1).”

Dr. Beller continued by saying, “I would be happy to see a solution to this disease. Unlike mammography, there is no organized health fund screening for cervical cancer required, even though Pap smear testing has been shown to be worthwhile in early detection. I want to see fundamental studies proving efficacy, and they do not exist. The vaccines were tested on mostly white women attending colleges and university – mostly from developed countries and healthy. The data were based on a relatively short-term follow-up period. What is known does not yet justify widespread vaccination of healthy girls (1).”

Moreover, the Jerusalem Post report said that “Beller stressed that girls taking the vaccine should continue with Pap screening. ‘All the experts accept this, and This is accepted by everybody and actually means that the vaccine gives only limited protection, if any. Major studies have shown that women who were vaccinated nevertheless developed cervical cancer.’ (1)”

“ ‘If the HPV vaccine, however, were proven to prevent cervical cancer, that would be something else,’ Beller continued. ‘But it hasn’t. The US Food and Drug Administration checks for safety of the vaccine, but (does not check) for efficacy. There is no evidence that the vaccine protects against cervical cancer, only (that it) counters the virus itself. No decrease in invasive cervical cancer… in the vaccinated population has been documented so far. Australia was the first country to implement a school based mass vaccination program with Gardasil in April 2007.’ The World Health Organization in 2009 recommended the use of HPV vaccines for primary prevention of cervical cancer. But there is no evidence that prophylactic (preventative) vaccination against HPV types 16 and 18 reduces the incidence of cervical cancer (1).”

Health Ministry officials (in Israel) continue to consider canceling plans to administer the HPV vaccine, following studies suggesting vaccine-linked autoimmune conditions and other adverse effects (1).

“We wonder why the CDC and FDA are pushing Gardasil so strongly when health ministries in other countries are expressing concern. It seems that experts around the world, from Japan to Israel to Italy are re-evaluating the safety record of the HPV vaccine, while American health officials prefer to ignore it.” – Greg Bennett, CBCD

The Center continues to believe that the poor safety record of the HPV vaccine is due to the fragments of foreign DNA contained in the vaccine. The CBCD suggests that these foreign DNA fragments could be a cause of the autoimmune conditions observed by the Israeli scientists, as suggested by Dr. Hanan Polansky’s Microcompetition with Foreign DNA Theory.

The CBCD therefore suggests that with medical doctors and researchers in Israel raising concerns about the HPV vaccine, American pediatricians and OBGYNs should consider all the data. Doctors across America should take into account recent research on the HPV vaccine coming out of Israel, and should not rely solely on the FDA and CDC’s official opinion.

For more information on the Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease and the dangers posed by foreign DNA, visit http://www.cbcd.net. To request an interview or to speak with a CBCD official, please Email info (AT) CBCD (DOT) net.

References:

(1)    http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/HPV-To-vaccinate-or-not-to-vaccinate-326711

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The CBCD 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.

The CBCD published the “Purple” book by Dr. Hanan Polansky. The book presents Dr. Polansky’s highly acclaimed scientific theory on the relationship between foreign DNA and the onset of chronic diseases. Dr. Polansky’s book is available as a free download from the CBCD website.

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11149090.htm

The Murdering of Our Daughters

By Dave Hodges, TLB Contributor.

from: http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2013/09/17/the-murdering-of-our-daughters-12255/

“I just wish someone had warned me aboutGardasil……. My Jasmine would still be here with us.” Rhonda Renata

According to the mother of Jasmine Renata, aged 18, her daughter was murdered by Merck. There was no autopsy, no official recrimination of Merck, just a grieving mother left to bury her only daughter.

Unfortunately, this scenario is being played out time and time again and nobody is holding Merck criminally accountable for the all-to-deadly results of Gardasil. The reckless use of this killer vaccine continues unabated despite the fact that Merck was recently ordered to pay six million dollars to another parent of a daughter that was murdered by Gardasil. Patient safety be damned.

On October 9th, 2011, California governor Brown signed AB 499 into law which provides that the Merck manufactured, Gardasil, designed to prevent cervical cancer, can be administered to children 12 years old and up without parental consent.

First of all, government should not be in the business of mandating personal choices and government should never be allowed to legislate choices which should be reserved for parents with regard to their children’s health and welfare.

Gardasil has resulted in needless tragedy for over 40,000 children who have been vaccinated by well intentioned doctors who are ignorant of the side effects.

The American public should remember Merck, the creator of Vioxx. This is the same Merck, who only after intense pressure from the medical community and the media decided to pull the dangerous drug, Vioxx, from the market after an estimated 140,000 adverse reactions had already occurred. The pulling of Vioxx from the shelves occurred only after a safety trial was stopped because there was an undeniable and increased risk for serious cardiovascular dangers such as heart attacks and strokes from using the drug.

Gardasil Discounted By Its Own Advocates

Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in the effects of Gardasil, recently made a presentation to the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination. Gardasil was developed by Pharmaceutical giant, Merck, to prevent HPV in sexually active girls. These same findings were presented by Dr. Sam Benjamin on his radio show (KTAR 620AM, Phoenix) on July 30, 2013.

The Gardasil Spokesperson Tells America Why They Should Not Give Gardasil To Our Girls

At the conference, Harper made the following statements:

·Seventy percent of HPV infections resolve themselves without treatment in one year.

·After two years, the rate of non-treatment remission climbs to 90%.

·Of the remaining 10% of HPV infections, only half go on to develop cervical cancer.

·Eighty percent of all HPV infections occur in the third world.

·There will be decrease in cervical cancer rates until at 70% of the population is vaccinated, including boys… ”the incidence of cervical cancer in the U.S. is so low that “if we get the vaccine and continue PAP screening, we will not lower the rate of cervical cancer in the US.” The highest amount of minimal decrease will appear in 60 years. ”

·There have been no efficacy trials in girls under the age of 15, but Merck is pushing the vaccination of children under five. Harper went on to say that “if you vaccinate a child, she won’t keep immunity in puberty and you do nothing to prevent cervical cancer.”

·When Dr. Harper appeared on ABC News to promote the efficacy of Gardasil, she admitted that “The rate of serious adverse events is greater than the incidence rate of cervical cancer,” and the numbers bear out her statement. Merck and the CDC have determined that 1 out of every 912 who received Gardasil in a large study, (see page 8) died. Yet, the cervical cancer death rate is only 1 out of every 40,000 women per year. In other words, girls are better off not taking the shot because the Gardasil shot kills the girls in greater numbers than does the disease it purports to treat.

Dr. Harper is one of the premier spokespersons for the use of Gardasil. I am certain that all of you are asking what I am already thinking, why is she being so honest about the potential lack of success related to Gardasil? It is called “protecting your malpractice behind” with prior notice.

The New England Journal of Medicine

The New England Journal of Medicine found that there remainsno conclusive proof that Gardasil altered the course of HPV-16 or HPV-18 infection for which the patient was symptomatic prior to the administration of the first dose.

Gardasil Providers Better Have A Good Attorney

The recent Gardasil study by the CDC claims that the vaccine has significantly reduced HPV infections. However, the study’s results and faulty methodology disprove the claim in the title. Amazingly, the authors’ claim bears little resemblance to the study’s results. The analysis demonstrating that, in reality, no conclusions can be drawn and results of the study are inconsistent, the study design is flawed and is based on non-matched samples, and mixed the groups being compared. The latter two statements are major research flaws. (Note: The author teaches research methods to graduate students).

The results of the study shows that the use of Gardasil is contraindicated as revealed by the following snapshot of theresults.

“Ages 20-24 saw an infection rate increase from 18.5% to 19.9%—1.08 times more infections.

Ages 25-29 saw an infection rate increase from 11.8% to 13.1%—1.11 times more infections.”

The study is an obvious attempt to provide legal cover for Merck because of the multitudes of deaths that have transpired and the fact that Merck has been forced to pay out millions in victim compensation because of the use of the heinous vaccine. However, as my father used to say, the more you stir the proverbial poop, the worse it stinks and Gardasil stinks.

Profits Over Patient Welfare

Gardasil is the most costly vaccine ever to be approved by the FDA. However, its long-term effectiveness is not known and several estimates state that Gardasil’s life as a vaccine could be only two to three years. This opens up the distinct possibility that a Gardasil vaccinated child will require several booster shots which will undoubtedly increase the bottom line for Merck, but the risk for side-effects among the vaccinated could increase exponentially with each successive vaccination.

The VAERS reports show that as many as eighteen people have died after receiving Gardasil. The VAERS reports document identifies 38 reports of Guillain-Barre Syndrome among juvenile females who previously received the Gardasil vaccine. Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a catastrophic illness that attacks the nervous system which can and often does result in paralysis. Ironically,Gardasil is being developed against only four types of HPV. However, there are over 100 strains of HPV, 30 of which are transmitted sexually. Just what could have the California Legislature been thinking when they abdicated parental rights in favor of pharmaceutical profits? Even India has banned the use of Gardasil, but not America, not with this criminal administration.

Does any reasonable person think that this is the first time that this kind of dangerous medical fraud has been and will be visited upon your children for profit and political career advancement? Think again! The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that boys of the age of 11 to 12 years should be vaccinated with the vaccine against HPV with the Gardasil vaccination. Even my son’s pediatrician is serving the Big Pharma agenda, as evidenced by the fact that my son’s former pediatrician relentlessly tried to give my 12 year old son the Gardasil injection. When I presented the good doctor with some of the data contained in this report, he replied “your ideas are not contained within the mainstream of medicine.” Since when is scientific research required to reflect the mainstream of the Big Pharma agenda? The moral of this story is to fire your doctor and find a health care provider who is committed to the welfare of their patients.

Conclusion

Unfortunately, Merck has its long financial arm in many state legislatures and soon every child in the country, both boys and girls, is going to be at risk thanks to this unholy partnership between the school districts, Merck and the politicians who are all too eager to curry favor from this pharmaceutical giant.

Your children are not the property of Big Pharma and the California State Legislature or any of the other political prostitutes. Your children look to you, their parents, to protect them from evil 1% such as the ones discussed here. Big Pharma will never get their hands on my son. Not now, not ever! Can you say the same for your child? How long do you think it will take before Obamacare mandates Gardasil injections for all children?

For the good of your children, distribute this article to your family, friends, neighbors, local school board members as well as your elected representatives. And at the end of the day, pray to almighty God that he will guard our children from the purveyors of Gardasil.

These following girls. killed by Gardasil, were someone’s daughter, someone’s friend, someone’s sister, and the greed and the moral depravity of the Big Pharma corporation that killed them, is unacceptable.

British schoolgirl dies after HPV vaccination

from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/british-schoolgirl-dies-after-hpv-vaccination-1.783799

Health authorities in Britain are investigating after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after she was vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.

Natalie Morton died in a hospital shortly after receiving the Cervarix vaccine at her school in Coventry, about 160 kilometres northwest of London. The injection protects against two strains of the human papilloma virus that cause cervical cancer.

Caron Grainger, director for public health at Coventry city council, said an autopsy will be conducted to investigate if the vaccine played any role in Morton’s death.

Health officials said Tuesday the batch of vaccine administered at the school has been quarantined for two days. A number of other girls at the school reported mild symptoms such as dizziness and nausea after receiving the shot.

“What we don’t know at this stage is whether her sad death and her feeling unwell is in any way connected to the immunization itself,” said Mike Attwood of the public health department in Coventry.

“That’s what we rapidly need to determine and we’re going on an investigation to bottom that out as soon as we can.”

‘Tragic consequences’ in rare cases

Another vaccine against the cervical cancer virus is routinely administered to teenage girls in Europe and North America, with no major safety concerns reported before.

“As with any medical intervention … one can, on rare occasions, see tragic consequences,” said Prof. Malcolm McCrae, virologist at the University of Warwick.

“But overall this is an extremely well-tested vaccine which has been produced in response to a critical health issue — cervical cancer — a disease responsible for almost 1,000 deaths annually in the U.K.”

Since Britain’s National Health Service began offering the Cervarix vaccine to teenage girls 18 months ago, 1.4 million doses have been administered. There have been about 2,000 adverse reactions, mostly very mild in nature, said Grainger.

The medical director at GlaxoSmithKline UK, which manufactures Cervarix, said the company is working with health authorities to investigate the case.

The majority of suspected reactions to the Ceravix vaccine so far have related “either to the signs and symptoms of recognized side-effects listed in the product information or were due to the injection process and not the vaccine itself,” the company said.

Controversy over teenage vaccinations

The voluntary immunization program for teenage girls has been controversial in Britain since it began in 2008 because of suggestions that it would encourage younger girls to be sexually active, since HPV is spread through sexual contact.

A different vaccine, called Gardasil, has been approved for use in Canada to prevent HPV infection caused by four types of the virus in females aged nine to 26. Health Canada is reviewing an application to approve Cervarix for use in Canada, where it is currently not used.

from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/british-schoolgirl-dies-after-hpv-vaccination-1.783799

In August, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at the first 23 million doses of Gardasil that have been given in the U.S. Researchers concluded most of the serious adverse events, including death, were no greater than background rates for other vaccines. But a disproportionate number of reports of fainting were found with Gardasil, the team said.

About 1.5 million doses of Gardasil have been given in Canada, where reports of adverse events linked to the vaccine were not available.

Adverse event reports do not show a vaccine or some other factor caused problems or deaths, only that they occurred after receiving a vaccine. Reactions can occur to the active ingredients in vaccines, the preservatives or for other reasons.

An estimated 1,350 women in Canada are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, while about 400 women die of cervical cancer a year.

The immunization against HPV has also met with resistance in some school boards across the country.

Earlier in September, Yellowknife’s Catholic school board voted not to allow the vaccinations to be administered through its schools. The decision followed a debate on whether ensuring girls get the vaccine should be the responsibility of parents or schools.