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The vaccine against cervical cancer has been offered to teenage girls in
Ireland since May 2010 as part of the schools vaccination programme
GARDASILANTI
CANCERVACCINEISIT
SAFE
May7,20168
Gardasilisanantihumanpapillomavirus(HPV)vaccineintroduced
in2010asavaccineagainstcervicalcancer.Themajorityofcervical
cancersarecausedbythechangesbroughtaboutbyHPVinfections
ofthecervix.Hence,vaccinatingagainstthisviruswouldseemto
makeperfectlygoodsensefromaPublicHealthperspective.
Butisitsafe?Thatstheburningquestion.Therearenowgrowing
concernsaboutthiswiththousandsofpreviouslyhealthyyounggirls
fromaroundtheworldreportingverygravesymptomsfollowingthe
secondorthirdshotofGardasil.Notonlyarethesymptomsgrossly
debilitatingbuttheyarepermanentandperhapsincurable.Andthat
inmyviewistoohighapricetopay.Therisk/benefitratiohere
seemstobeseriouslyskewedwhilethosewhoshouldbemost
concernedaboutthisscandalareindenial.
Thosewithvestedinterestsindeigningaconnectionbetween
GardasilvaccineandwhatIwouldliketocallPostGardasil
Syndrome(PGS)liketoshoehornthesegirlsintothediagnosisof
ChronicFatigueSyndrome(CFS)thatcoincidentallysetinafterthey
receivedGardasilvaccine.Thisargumenthoweverisseriously
flawedontwocounts.Firstofallthesymptomsofthesetwo
diseasesdifferconsiderablefromeachother.
ThesymptomsofChronicFatigueSyndromeare:
Fatigue
Lossofmemoryorconcentration
Sorethroat
Enlargedlymphnodesinyourneckorarmpits
Unexplainedmusclepain
Painthatmovesfromonejointtoanotherwithoutswellingor
redness
Headacheofanewtype,patternorseverity
Unrefreshingsleep
Extremeexhaustionlastingmorethan24hoursafterphysicalor
mentalexercise.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article2295285/Moreparents
refusingHPVvaccinationchildrenfearnonexistentsafety
concernsstudyclaims.html
ThesymptomsofPostGardasilSyndromeareverysimilarbut
theyaredifferent.Andtheyare:
Fatigue
Lossofmemoryandconcentration
Unexplainedmuscleandjointpains
Headachesthatcanbeverysevere
Unrefreshingsleep
Extremedebilitatingexhaustion
Agreaterthanexpectedincidenceofautoimmunedisease.
Gastrointestinalsymptomslikenauseavomitinganddiarrhea.
NeurologicalsymptomsalmostlikeMStingling,numbness,
twitchingandproblemswithvisionandhearing.
ThesecondseriousflawtotheCFScoincidentallyfollowing
Gardasilinjectiontheoryistheabuseofthewordcoincidentally.
Acoincidentiswheretwothingshappenatrandomintime.
However,whenthispatternstartstorepeateditselfthousandsoftime
isloosesthestatusofcoincidentandbecomeaconsequence.
LogicallythenPostGardasilSyndromeisaconsequenceofthe
vaccineandnotacoincidentaloccurrence.
WehaveseenalltheseargumentsbeforewiththePostFinasteride
Syndromewhichmanydoctorsstilldontacceptasrealandresortto
blamingthepatient.Thisofcourseonlycompoundsthepainfor
thesufferers.
Formoreinformationonthishorriblepostvaccinediseaseplease
havealookatthishighlyinformativewebsitewww.regret.iePlease
alsothinklongandhardabouttherisk/benefitratioforyour
daughterbeingvaccinatedagainstadiseasewithamortalityrateof3
per100,000.
https://medicaladviceforyou.com/gardasil-anti-cancer-vaccine-worth-
risk/
Documenting Parental Refusal to Have Their Children Vaccinated
https://www.aap.org/en-
us/Documents/immunization_refusaltovaccinate.pdf
I wasn't surprised that [parents have] safety concerns about the vaccine, but I'm
surprised that [the number of parents is] increasing, said lead study author Paul
M. Darden, MD, a pediatrician in Oklahoma City.
Between 2008 and 2010, there was an almost fourfold increase in the percentage
of parents who said fears about the HPV vaccine are keeping them from giving
the immunization to their daughters, the study said.
This is very concerning to me, because there's only a small window to get this
vaccine and maintain its maximum benefits. That's before [people] become
sexually active, said Abbey B. Berenson, MD, PhD. She is director of the
Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston.
For instance, an Oct. 1, 2012, study of 189,629 girls and women ages 9 to 26
found no significant adverse events associated with the immunization. The
findings were published in the December 2012 issue of JAMA Pediatrics,
formerly Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The study did show an increased risk of patients fainting at the time of injection
or developing a skin infection later. But those side effects are common with any
vaccine, particularly among adolescents, doctors say.
Much of the patient education regarding this vaccine still is probably occurring
in pediatric clinics, Dr. Berenson said. If girls aren't getting the vaccine while
they're seeing a pediatrician, providers of adults should address it.
HPV is the most commonly transmitted sexual infection in the U.S. and the
leading cause of cervical cancer among women, according to the CDC. About 20
million Americans are infected with one of the more than 40 types of the virus.
About 12,000 U.S. women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, and
4,000 die of the disease, the CDC said.
For the Pediatrics study, researchers examined data on more than 98,000
adolescents age 13 to 17 whose parents participated in the 2008-2010 National
Immunization Survey Teen. The studied vaccines were HPV; tetanus,
diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) or tetanus and diphtheria (Td); and
quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate (MCV4).
Researchers found that adolescent vaccine rates are improving, but they still fall
below the Healthy People 2020 goals.
The percentage of females fully immunized with three doses of HPV vaccine
was substantially lower than for the other vaccines, but increased from 17.9% in
2008 to 32% in 2010. Possibly contributing to that improvement was an uptick in
physicians recommending the HPV immunization during the study period.
Despite doctors' efforts, the percentage of parents who don't intend to vaccinate
their daughters against HPV increased. In 2010, 43.9% said they did not plan to
seek HPV immunization, up from 39.8% of parents in 2008.
Largely driving that decision is a belief that the vaccine is not needed (17.4%)
and concerns about the immunization's safety or side effects (16.4%). In 2008,
only 4.5% of parents cited vaccine safety concerns as the reason they chose not to
immunize their daughters against HPV.
Dr. Berenson is not sure why HPV vaccine safety concerns are increasing.
Possibly contributing to the worries is misinformation about the immunization
that is publicized by the media or posted online, Dr. Darden said.
We have good evidence that the vaccine will prevent about 70% of the cervical
cancer that we see now, Dr. Darden said. I find that convincing and
compelling.
Parents give various reasons for not vaccinating their adolescent daughters
against the human papillomavirus.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on HPV and the HPV vaccine, ( link)
http://www.amednews.com/article/20130401/health/130409983/6/
Prescribing the facts on the HPV vaccine is
necessary
Robert OConnor outlines why some parents refuse to
allow their daughters take a vaccine to help prevent
cervical cancer and explains why they should change their
minds.
Wednesday, September 07, 2016
That means that more than 30,000 Irish girls are now
being offered the opportunity to have their chances of
contracting cervical cancer significantly reduced.
Despite the actions of our world class cervical cancer
screening programme, roughly 280 women are diagnosed
with invasive cervical cancer each year in Ireland.
It is estimated that more than 90 Irish women will die from
cervical cancer this year, while a further 6,500 will need
hospital treatment to remove precancerous growths in
their cervix.
The vaccine protects from strains of HPV that cause more
than 70% of all cervical cancers.
If these women had received the vaccine, the vast
majority would be spared such medical treatment. Most
importantly, lives would have been saved.
Our two public talks this week, in Galway and Cork,
presented these facts and more to large audiences, many
of whom were parents anxious to learn more about the
vaccine being offered to their daughters.
Expert analysis was given by local consultant
gynaecologists and Margaret Stanley of Cambridge
University, who is a leading global expert in this field, with
her research focussing on the development of vaccines
and immunotherapies against HPV.
Also among them were powerful testimonies from young
women who have gone through a multitude of treatments
for cervical cancer.
Irish doctors use the most modern techniques for
managing this disease but treatment can be very difficult,
often involving combinations of highly invasive surgery on
the reproductive areas of the body, along with radiation
and/or chemotherapy.
Even with all the modern advances, the unfortunate truth
is that four in 10 of those women treated will succumb to
their cancer within five years.
Many of those women will be young. Some will be young
mothers, while others will perhaps not have children but
treatment will often rob them of that option in their life.
Again, the HPV vaccine would have relieved many of these
women the emotional and physical pain this disease has
caused.
However. despite this, more and more parents are opting
not to give their daughter the vaccine.
Provisional figures from the HSE show that 5,000 fewer
first-year girls received the vaccine in the last academic
year compared to the 2014/2015 cycle.
That means that 9,000 girls were offered the injection last
year but either they or their parents chose not to receive
it.
Which begs the question: Why? Recently through the
media and from listening to personal stories, the Irish
Cancer Society has heard from families who have seen
their young girls battle severe ailments that, in many
cases, have left them bedridden.
The true stories they tell are harrowing, and as they
search for reasons why their daughters have fallen ill, they
conclude that the HPV vaccine was the cause.
This conclusion understandably creates a fear around the
injection.
While I sympathise with the real ailments these girls
endure, as a representative of the Irish Cancer Society I
have an obligation to present the facts, which show that
the vaccine is safe.
Worldwide, more than 200m doses of the vaccine have
been given to around 80m people. Recent studies from
leading international medical agencies, including the
World Health Organisation and the European Medicines
Agency, have concluded that Gardasil, the vaccine offered
to Irish girls, is safe and has no link to serious illnesses.
All medicines can cause effects in some people. The HPV
vaccine is a needle so, like MMR and every other
common vaccine we get, many will feel pain from the
injection.
An ache in the muscle or an unwell feeling for a few
minutes to a few hours is not uncommon.
There are rare side effects but the number and rate of
these is incredibly low and the risks of even the more
common of these effects is much less than many things
we do in our daily life like being in a car or playing a sport.
In reality, the possible outcomes women face from a
cervical cancer diagnosis far outweigh the risks perceived
from the HPV vaccine.
As cervical cancer survivors spoke at our talks in August,
they all had a common message to tell: If the HPV vaccine
was available to them when they were in school, they
wouldnt have hesitated in taking it.
Dr Robert OConnor is head of research with the
Irish Cancer Society
Fightingfortherecognitionoftheirvaccineinjureddaughtersintheeyesof
healthcareandpoliticalpolicy,growingnumbersofIrishmothersandfathers
throughoutthecountryaregarneringtheworldsattention.Atthesametime
throughoutIreland,manyareaskingfortheHumanPapillomaVirus(HPV)
vaccinetobewithdrawninthecountry.
CountriesgloballyareexperiencingtheirnewlyunveiledmandatoryHPVvaccine
programsinvariousstagesofdeteriorationandfailure.Amidstthischaos,aperfect
stormofwelldeservedbadpress,mountingHPVvaccineinjuryandpolitical
apathyhasdescendeduponIreland.
MainstreamspecialreportsandnewsstoriescomingfromtheEmeraldIslecontinue
tocastalightonthenegligentsilenceofIrelandspoliticalclass.TheIrishhealthcare
systemisrapidlylosingtherespectofitspeoplethroughyearsofmisdiagnosing
Gardasilvaccineinjuryandmedicalincompetenceinitstreatment.Themishandling
andinactionregardingIrelandsvaccineinjureddaughtersisnowfrontandcenterfor
theworldtoseeinDublinsHighCourt.
Kirbys11yearolddaughter,within24hoursofreceivingtheGardasilvaccinein
October2011,developedsevereflulikesymptomswhichreappearedafterthechild
gothersecondHPVshot.Kirbydidnotallowherdaughtergetathirdshot.Her
daughterbecameextremelyfatigued,sufferedseverenauseacausingweightlossand
musclewastage.
Likesomanyparentsaroundtheworld,Kirbythoughtherdaughtersproblemswere
anisolatedcase.Yet,shecametounderstandthatglobally,aswellasthroughout
Ireland,thereareothergirlssufferingsimilarcontinuouslifechanginghealth
problemsafterreceivingtheHPVvaccine.
Meanwhile,in2013,JapansregulatorsaccomplishedthetaskKirbyisnowseeking
aftermountinginjuriesfromtheHPVshotforcedJapaneseofficialstoconvenean
emergencypublicdebate.Despiteargumentsbymedicalbodiesclaimingvaccine
injurieswerepsychosomatic,JapanofficiallywithdrewitsHPVshot
recommendation.Colombiaisnowinthemiddleofasimilarbattleasthecountrys
ConstitutionalCourthasorderedmultiplehealthagenciestoinvestigatetheirgrowing
HPVvaccineinjuries.
BrazilhasgoneastepfurtherinseeingtheFederalPublicMinistry(MPF)fileaCivil
ActionaskinghealthofficialstosuspendtheapplicationoftheHPVvaccine
throughoutthecountryaswellasitsauthorization,importation,production,
distributionandmarketingoftheshot.
OutsidetheDublincourt,familiesprotestedandralliedinmasssupportrevealinga
scenethatisbecominganalltoocommonglobaloccurrence.TheHealthProducts
RegulatoryAuthority(HPRA)isaskingtheHighCourttodismissthecase.
MainstreamnewsoutofIrelandisreportingtheHPRAisattemptingtopassthebuck
inanappealtoauthoritybyclaimingtheyarenottheappropriatedefendantinthis
case.TheHPRAhaspleadedthatonlytheEuropeanCommissionholdsthepowerto
revokeGardasilsEUmarketingauthorization.YetprominentlydisplayonHPRAs
websiteundertheheadingWhatwedo,theauthorityboasts:
We grant licensees to companies to make, distribute and market medicines after a
review of their safety, quality and effectiveness.
DenmarkintroducedtheHPVvaccinein2009andsawasimilarupwardtrajectoryof
compoundingsevereadversereactionsasinIreland.Recently,DanishHealthand
MedicinesAuthoritydemandedtheEuropeanMedicinesAgency(EMA)
PharmacovigilanceRiskAssessmentCommittees(PRAC)reassessthesafetyofthe
HPVshot.
However,thecommitteesreviewin2015didnotchangetheagencyspositionthat
thebenefitsoutweightherisks.Since2014theEMAhasbeenberatedwithpublic
pressuretoendconflictsofinterestwithintheagencyanditsleadership.AEuropean
CourtofJusticerulingoustedGuidoRasisappointmentasheadoftheEMAin2014
promptingEuropetocallintoquestiontheentireagenciesreputation,integrityand
trueindependence.
Instead,awatereddownversionofcherrypickedinforegardingGardasilwasgiven
toparentsexaggeratingtheshotsclaimsanddownplayingadversereactions.The
continuedimproperinformedconsentaccompanyingthesevaccinesinIreland
wastrumpetedbyIrishSenatorPaschalMooney.
Jonathan Irwin
fears for daughter
Molly after HPV
vaccine side-
effects claim
CALL FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION
Paula Campbell
19 May 2017
Email: paula@leinsterleader.ie
Jack and Jills Jonathan Irwin has a strong message for the
government this week to stop vilifying worried parents and to list
the manufacturers side effects with the HPV vaccine for young
girls.
As a worried parent himself Jonathan spoke to the Leinster Leader
about the issue, after his daughter Molly has been dogged with ill
health since she got the vaccine aged 13.
My now 17-year-old daughter, who was so athletic before she had
this vaccine, has been left bed-ridden, experiencing debilitating,
chronic health issues as a result of this vaccine. Thats a fact, he
said.
The vacine is supposed to be a safeguard against cervical cancer.
He insists that he is not anti-vacine but he claims parents were not
given a full list of the possible side effects from the HSE.
I want to send a message to the Minister for Health, as my
daughter is one of those chronically ill as a result of Gardasil HPV
vaccine, he said.
Please stop vilifying parents, like me, when we are simply telling
the truth and start sharing the full list of side effects of this vaccine,
rather than an edited version. I am compelled to speak up about
my daughter's chronic illness in the aftermath of the HPV vaccine
Gardasil and to send a message to Minister Harris to please stop
vilifying parents, like me, when we are simply telling the truth about
our family experience.
Concerned parent
The Jack and Jill founder added that he is not a member of or
spokesperson for Regret but simply a concerned parent who
expects better.
I am doing this as a very concerned father who cant sit back
when our Minister for Health and our health service refuse to
accept that there is a problem with Gardasil and try to shut down
the voice of parents by labelling them alarmists.
As we connected our daughters health demise to the time of
vaccination, it was deeply shocking to discover her symptoms were
listed, in black and white, in the side effects section of the
manufacturer patient information leaflet (PIL) which we never
received.
His fears are that his daughter, who is currently receiving treatment
abroad, may never fully recover or go on to have children one day.
"We've got a daughter who may never recover," he said. "I want a
review, I want all the girls affected to be given treatment. Why
should we have to go abroad? It's outrageous. My child has lost
her teenage years and she may never be able to have a baby. I am
asking people to please read the pamphlet carefully. I am not anti-
vaccines I think with proper testing and proper information but this
is a very young vaccine and we don't know if it works yet."
He has asked the Minister for Health to explain why families are
being denied informed consent in the withholding of the
manufacturer PIL which lists adverse effects not listed on the HSE
leaflet. And to put in place a proper investigation of those who have
had an adverse reaction, an appropriate treatment and redress
plan.
He is still waiting a response.
If you want something done you have to do it yourself. Ireland's do nothing HSE
healthcare system has specifically directed schools and medical workers NOT give
parents the HPV vaccines Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) which list the
adverse reactions of the shot. As HPV vaccine injury mounts in the country the
government has not only ignored parent's demands for such informed consent, 'officials'
have also denied any link between the HPV shot and the growing number of severe
adverse reactions experienced by the teenage girls. The Irish government's official stance
on the documented severe adverse reactions is to blame the girls calling their symptoms
"psychosomatic" or all in their head. In addition, the mainstream media in Ireland has
taken up the abuse echoing the government's talking points by mounting a coordinated
campaign attempting to discredit the girls and attack their parents for the countries failing
HPV vaccine uptake. In this wake of this Irish, institutionally-backed persecution, mothers
have taken it upon themselves to make their own PIL to give perspective HPV vaccine
recipients the informed consent that was purposely denied to them and their daughters.
https://informparents.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/gardasil-
brochure-2017.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhsU0w1TZU
IntheUnitedStates,theideaofmandatoryvaccination,vaccine
damage,andinformedconsentisreachingaboilingpointamongstthe
countryspopulation.Yetthemainstreammediacoverageregarding
vaccinesiseitheronesidedinfavortheshotsorcompletelysilent.The
combinationofanongoingmainstreammediaastroturf
campaigncoupledwith70 percentofmainstreammedia
advertisingrevenuescomingfrompharmaceuticalcompanieshas
renderedU.S.mainstreammediaincompetentintheirreportingabout
thedangersofvaccines.
UnliketheUnitedStates,Irelandhasnovaccineinjurycompensation
program.A reportcreatedfortheMinisterofHealthandChildren
callingfortheformationofacompensationprogramin2009was
ignored,essentiallyleavingIrishcitizenshelplessagainstvaccine
damage.
IrelandsHealthProductsRegulatoryAuthority(HPRA)hadtheability
totracktheHPVsideeffects,yetparentswereapparentlynotmade
awareofitsexistence.Tocomplicatematters,theHPRA,likethe
VAERSsystemintheU.S.,isgrosslyunderutilizedbymedical
professionalstoreportvaccineadversereactions.
TheendresulttodateinIrelandhasbeenamedicalcommunitycaught
unawareofwhatHPVvaccinereactionslooklikeandhowtotreat
them.Inthefaceofmedicalignoranceandabrokenreportingsystem,
apotentialHPVvaccineadversereactionepidemichasgone
unnoticed.
TheIrishHighCourtignoredcallsbyitspeopletohalttheHPV
programandruledinsteadtoupholdtherecentrecommendationsofthe
TheEuropeanMedicinesAgencys(EMA)PharmacovigilanceRisk
AssessmentCommitteewhoconcludedthatthereisnoreasonto
changethewaythevaccinesareusedoramendthecurrentproduct
information.ThisEMAinvestigationwasinitiallypromptedbythe
demandsofDanishhealthauthoritiesasthecountrywasexperiencing
itsownincreaseinHPVrelatedseriousadversereactions.
http://www.who.int/influenza/vaccines/virus/recommendations/2016
02_recommendation.pdf?ua=1
Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research SUMMARY MINUTES VACCINES AND RELATED BIOLOGICAL
PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE March 4, 2016
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMe
etingMaterials/BloodVaccinesandOtherBiologics/VaccinesandRelated
BiologicalProductsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM494071.pdf
licensed influenza vaccines and changes to the licensed indications for
existing vaccines, ACIP relies on FDA, which has regulatory authority for
review of safety, immunogenicity, and effectiveness data and licensure of
influenza vaccines.
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/Ap
provedProducts/UCM474387.pdf
September 9, 2016 Approval Letter Correction FLUAD
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/Ap
provedProducts/UCM523222.pdf
Indicated for active immunization of persons 65 years of age and
older against influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A
and type B contained in the vaccine.
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/Ap
provedProducts/UCM474387.pdf