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May 23, 2007 Contact: Press Office
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Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine
Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil
(Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One physician’s assistant reported that a female patient “died of a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine.” Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.
As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371 serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities.
Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.
“The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Any state or local government now beset by Merck’s lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports. It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is being pushed as a miracle drug.”
Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received the adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007. Judicial Watch has posted the adverse event reports below.
(A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also questioned the general effectiveness of Gardasil.)
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Click here to view the Garadsil Related Deaths Reported to VAERS as of May 11, 2007
Click here to view the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Reports as of May 11, 2007
May 23, 2007 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5188
Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine
Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil
(Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One physician’s assistant reported that a female patient “died of a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine.” Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.
As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371 serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities.
Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.
“The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Any state or local government now beset by Merck’s lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports. It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is being pushed as a miracle drug.”
Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received the adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007. Judicial Watch has posted the adverse event reports below.
(A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also questioned the general effectiveness of Gardasil.)
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Click here to view the Garadsil Related Deaths Reported to VAERS as of May 11, 2007
Click here to view the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Reports as of May 11, 2007
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Re: alert..gardasil vaccine deaths!
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 10:39 AMso i just did some research because i'm a big believer in gardasil.
i checked out the new england journal of medicine for the entire month of march, and there is no article about gardasil, hpv, cervical cancer, or genital warts. the closest thing was an article on the varicella-zoster vaccine (that's chickenpox).
i checked the cdc and fda websites, but there was nothing. by law, that shit has to get reported.
i checked judicial watch's website, and i found the article. it should be noted that judicial watch is a bunch of lawyers who sue big business companies and look for political corruption. it even says so on their site. anyway, i looked at the info they obtained for the "deaths" and "adverse effects".
the first death was reported by a PA who claimed the woman got the shot, but they had no proof she got it or when.
the other occurred fourteen days after her shot.
the third occurred a year after the shot.
none of the deaths had much in common from a medical standpoint.
as for the adverse side effects, the first listed also showed that the woman had pretty bad allergies, which they do warn you about on their website.
one of them was that a girl said her arm was sore. dude, it's an intramuscular injection, of course it's gonna make your arm sore.
another was a hospital's worker's opinion of a woman's nausea.
my point is that none of this stuff sounds concrete to me.
also, the gardasil website points out that this vaccine is NOT for pregnant women. so if you're pregnant and you get the shot, well. it's like taking viagra if you have heart problems. just don't do it. they tell you that. -
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Re: alert..gardasil vaccine deaths!
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 11:19 AMThank you Kristen!
It upsets me so much when people post inaccurate/misinformation that could affect others decison to vaccinate.
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Re: alert..gardasil vaccine deaths!
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 1:23 PMhey, thanks, man.
i'm not saying that everyone should get the vaccine. i mean, i'm pro-prophylaxis and all, but i don't think everything is necessary.
for instance, i don't think i'm all for the chickenpox vaccine. the big problem with it is that people are still getting it, and the lab strains are nowhere near as virulent as the "wild" ones. besides, who cares about chickenpox, as long as you don't give your kid any aspirin?
the real problem is shingles, the "grown-up" version of chickenpox. totally life-threatening. there's actually an adult vaccination for that, so get your elderly loved ones on it.
but i digress. the actual incidence of cervical cancer is very small, so i don't think it ought to be compulsory. on the other hand, all the legislation for gardasil include an "opt-out" feature on them, so i really don't get why people are so up in arms about this stuff.
the real thing, of course, is to remain informed about what you're injecting your kids with. if you ask most people what "MMR" stands for or what varivax is, they're not going to be able to tell you. i mean, sheesh. these could be like, live, attenuated viruses going into your kids! you really ought to know this stuff, if only to be prepared and not freak out when your kid gets a bit of a rash or something.
and don't give 'em aspirin. i'm just sayin'.
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Re: alert..gardasil vaccine deaths!
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 8:24 PM<<if you ask most people what "MMR" stands for >>
measles, mumps and rubella.
yep im being a smart ass.
i carry the best possible antibodies for rubella. i've had it. got it two days for my mom took my squirmey baby self get the vaccine.
i agree with you kristen, the most important thing we can do as mothers is research. -
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Tue, June 5, 2007 - 9:08 AMThanks for doing the research for us! I have to admit I was immediately skeptical when I read the article above. -
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Tue, June 5, 2007 - 7:49 PMhey, I'm the one who posted it and I', going to say a word or two.
two weeks after a vaccine is not an unreasonable time to have a reaction...delayed effects are common with all kinds of toxic substances.
I haven;t spent as much time on looking into all the background as I should on this,..I'm a working single mother who is going to school (taking premed science classes in preparation for entry to naturopathic med school, FWIW) and just as one person here is "a big believer" I tend to take a very cautious view toward most vacine mandates, especially when they are this new and so the longterm effects are not known. we all like to think "our science" is ibjective and evidence based, and I also know that we all are influenced a priori by our own preferences and prejudices.
I think we can agree that there is a range of acceptable opinions on public health measures. I know this partly because I went to public health grad school with a focus on maternal child health (and yes\ I went to a very reputabe school and did well at it.)
there was an excellent and, I think, mostly balanced article in Mothering mag on possible problems with the Gardasil vaccine...again, Mothering tends to take a critical look at most immunizattion programs, so take it with that grain of salt.
I do know that we don't know whether other strains of the human papilloma virus will fill the niche more aggressively when the few strains that Gardasil does prevent are no longer so prevalent. viruses tend to mutate quickly.
it's also very interesting to me that one or another form of HPV is an almost ubiquitous infection...somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of adults have successfully overcome this, without symptoms and/or lasting sequelae, just like Hemophilus influenzae infection (a bacterial infection in spite of the name sounding like flu...) almost everyoner "gets" it. we don;t know yet why a inority of people develop serious ilnesses from it and others are immunologically strong enough to overcome it.
I stand by posting what I posted and, as always, encourage everyone to read up and make their own decisions basedon best evidence AS THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
I'm not stupid nor alarmist...just very cautious about whether young girls should be used in a massive public health experiment. for all I know, ym cbild may devide to be celibate?? who knows????
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Re: alert..gardasil vaccine deaths!
Tue, June 5, 2007 - 9:09 PMAwesome research and nicely put, Kristen. Thanks!
Can you repost your findings over at Aware Mothers in an attempt to be the voice of reason and researching over there?
awaremothers.tribe.net/thread...cbdb7d2
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THESE WARNINGS ARE SERIOUS
Sat, December 27, 2008 - 7:29 PMI was also all for this vaccine before I got it.
I was 22 and perfectly healthy when I got the first vaccine. I started noticing some some side effects after the second vaccine (HEADACHES none like I've ever had before, chect pains, vision problems..etc) I of course never thought these were related to the vaccine. everyone I had consulted said this was a good idea and to get it so the last thing I expected was to have my life so completely altered by this horrible vaccine. So, not thinking it was related, I got my last one in late March and about 3 weeks after the third and lst vaccine I got the worst cold of my life and was hospitalized with a severe infection. I spent some time in the ICU and the doctors couldn't make sense of any of my symptoms. I knew my symptoms were autoimmune related which made me think I had caught HIV from a rape 3 weeks earlier. I was checked for everything, (and since then have been check and checked again for any and all std's and sti's just to be sure) but nothting. I was treated at the hospital and was told there was nothing they could do about the remianing symptoms which comtinued (intense headaches, chest pains...brain fog and memory loss...etc). It wasn't until now (10 months after my third and last vaccine that I now realize that' s the missing puzzle, the accine. I've spent months having doctors tell me I'm crazy and these symptoms are all im my head but after doing research, I've found many, many similar reports from women who recieved the vaccine. Young women who were previously healthy and became very sick. I now have my answer, now I have to deal with the results of this vaccine. I've been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome and bells palsy and feel like I have aged 20 years in 10 months. I'm scared of what might happen next, it's just been one horror after the other.
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Mon, December 29, 2008 - 1:58 PMwhew, quite a tale! I'm so sorry you;ve been ill. and to have this after a rape...wow. not much to say except that you have my sympathy. talk with others and demand a really good, unbiased inquiry!
yes., causation is always hard to prove except in populations (groups ratehr than individuals and even that takes a LOT fo sleuthing - I have a public health background.) -
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Tue, December 30, 2008 - 10:43 AMIt was my understanding that the vaccine was geared for young pre-pubescent girls who had not yet been sexually active... (To insure the lack of previous exposure to HPV, if I am recalling correctly...)
Also... As an FYI... There has been an established link between cervical and breast cancers. You can have a genetic test for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, they are the currently known genes that have been established as a much higher risk for the cancers. (And since the GINA act was passed, you can not be discriminated against or denied health coverage, or forced to pay higher premiums for having the testing done.) The Susan G. Komen for the Cure website has good information on the GINA act and the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene information...
When did they start offering the vaccine to adults and those who are already sexually active? (I really wish I could remember where I read all that from... Dratted memory.) -
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Tue, December 30, 2008 - 10:47 AMI got this for my daughter who is 14 and defintely not sexually active.
it IS supposed to be for people who are not sexually active. but I remember sitting in the University cafeteria and there were adds for low cost injections. seemed kinda odd considering the majority of college students are sexually active.
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Mon, January 5, 2009 - 9:46 PMaislinn they dont ussually give it to sexually active woman. i was informed i couldnt get it three years ago even though i was within the age range because i was already at risk!! im just a big ol slut. heh. but knowing what i know now i wouldnt get it. and i will let bean decide for herself. -
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Tue, January 6, 2009 - 1:05 AMbig ol slut, haha.
somehow this whole campaign sits wrong with me...shoot up a bunch of kids who have not had sex (that's if you can still find 'em, heh) to rpevent a sexually transmitted disease, but the medicine isn;t supposed to work if you have had sex??? talk about not protecting the people most at risk! it;s like they developed a polio shot for people who never go out in public anf told people who rk in hospitals and day care centers and public swimming places that "you can;t have this shot; it;s only for people who have so far never been around any potential fecal-oral contaminants." oh right...jundred percent effectiveness there.
it;s annoying for the same reason that routine prophylaxis of infant eyes against their mothers undiagnosed ostensible vaginal infections is offensive if the med profession thinks these women are infectedm, they shoudl be ethical and offer tretment or at elast routine testing! and if they don;r, why subject the baby's eyes?
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Wed, January 7, 2009 - 1:36 PMwell i think they figure we all have potential to be big ol sluts. same reasonm for hep b. we all have the potential to become needle sharing nymphos. its the good of the whole over the individual. i had two series of hep b at 17, i have no idea why. my mom didnt really give me the choice. but you bet i didnt finish when i was 18.
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Re: THESE WARNINGS ARE SERIOUS
Sat, January 10, 2009 - 2:22 PMIt's not typically given to women who are sexually active because they've already likely been exposed to the virus. Therefore the vaccine will not do anything for them. The idea is to give it to young women (and probably soon, to young men) to help keep them from getting the virus in the first place. It's not at all like the polio example Judith gives in her post.
That said, the decision to give it to women in the recommended age range who are sexually active OR to give it to women over the age range is a judgment call on the provider's part. At my office, we can and have given it to these women. They just need to be aware that it may or may not do anything to help them.
Please don't jump all over me as a vaccine pusher. I have a young son, and have been selective over which IZs he gets, and when he gets them. I WOULD have him get Gardasil when he's older, though, in addition to lots of encouragement to use condoms.
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Re: THESE WARNINGS ARE SERIOUS
Sat, January 10, 2009 - 2:24 PMOf course sexually active women need to have access to treatments for STDs. But, only if they HAVE an STD. Gardasil does not TREAT anything. It prevents it. If you already have the strains that it helps to prevent, it will do nothing to help you. -
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Sat, January 10, 2009 - 3:55 PMit;s kind of an absurd premise, though, that if you've already had sex youlve already been exposed to all the dangerous strains of HPV. or that, given how fast viruses can mutate, the sexually inexperienced young women who are being the test animals for this vaccine won;t run into another strain for which is has zero effectiveness.
as far as I know, and iv;e taken several microbiology classes but never got into this one, we don;t know yet whether HPV is ubiquitous and many women have simply oercome these otherwise dangerous infections through naturally acquired immunity, or if for whatever reasons some women get exposed and some don't/
it just seems literally like a shot in the dark to me.
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Mon, January 5, 2009 - 9:52 PMmysteriously blank profile..... joined on date of post.
maybe becuase she divulged so much info she wanted to be anonymous? i'm suspicious but maybe i'll go with benefit of the doubt. plus you gotta take the internets with a grain of salt.
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Re: alert..gardasil vaccine deaths!
Tue, December 30, 2008 - 6:12 PMBut it is insane that pregnant women would get the vaccine. I mean, they tell you to not drink coffee while pregnant... so please, at least avoid vaccines!!
