Complications include shock, 'foaming at mouth,'
convulsions, coma
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June 30, 2008 10:18 pm Eastern
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"Anaphylactic shock," "foaming at mouth," "grand mal convulsion," "coma" and
"now paralyzed" are a few of the startling descriptions included in a new
federal report describing the complications from Merck & Co.'s Gardasil
medication for sexually transmitted human papillomavirus – which has been
proposed as mandatory for all schoolgirls.
The document was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by Judicial
Watch, a Washington group that investigates and prosecutes government
corruption, and it has details of 10 deaths just since September.
"Given all the questions about Gardasil, the best public health policy would be
to re-evaluate its safety and to prohibit its distribution to minors. In the
least, governments should rethink any efforts to mandate or promote this vaccine
for children," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
The organization's work uncovered reports of about one death each month since
last fall, bringing the total death toll from the drug to at least 18 and as
many as 20. There also were 140 "serious" reports of complications including
about three dozen classified as life- threatening, 10 spontaneous abortions and
half a dozen cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
The document reveals the case of an 18-year-old woman who got the Gardasil
vaccine, was found unconscious that evening, and died. Another woman, age 19,
got the drug and the next morning was found dead in her bed.
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The new documents also reveal a total of 8,864 Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting
System records, up from a total of 3,461 that had been reported in a document
just last fall.
WND previously has reported how Merck was lobbying state lawmakers to require
the vaccination, but said it would quit the campaign after its activities were
unveiled.
WND also reported when a key researcher into human papillomavirus, which is
targeted by Gardasil, reported it needed more testing, and how even the Centers
for Disease Control suggested the vaccine should not be mandatory.
That, however, has not diverted the building campaign to have legislatures adopt
mandatory vaccination plans.
Judicial Watch said one of the reports, VAERS ID: 310262-1 (D), had this to say:
"Information has been received…concerning a 20-year-old female with no medical
history reported, who on 01-APR-2008 was vaccinated with a dose of Gardasil….The
patient died four days after…patient sought unspecified medical attention. An
autopsy was performed which ruled out suicide and anything suspicious."
Another report said, "Information has been received from a physician concerning
a female patient who on an unknown date was vaccinated with a dose of Gardasil.
Subsequently, the patient experienced a coma and is now paralyzed. At the time
of this report, the patient's outcome was unknown. VAERS ID: 303188-1"
The target of the vaccine is cervical cancer, since studies show that those who
have HPV have a higher chance of later developing cervical cancer. However,
opponents note that such cancers develop most often in older women, while the
plan is to require girls as young as 11 or 12 years old to be inoculated. They
cite the lack of evidence that the vaccine would have an impact later in life.
A Judicial Watch report said, "Even though Gardasil will not be fully tested for
safety until 2009, physicians are already pushing it as a routine, harmless
vaccine. Merck's aggressive advertisement campaign tells young girls that their
lives could be 'one less' affected by cervical cancer and that, 'It's your turn
to help guard against cervical cancer.'"
The report also estimated it will cost as much as $2 billion to buy vaccinations
for the nation's poorest girls.
"This vaccine will be more expensive than all other childhood vaccines put
together," concluded John Schiller, a National Cancer Institute investigator.
Judicial Watch earlier uncovered reports such as this:
"Initial and follow-up information has been received from a physician concerning
an 'otherwise healthy' 13 year old female who was vaccinated with her first and
second doses of Gardasil. Subsequently, the patient experienced … paralysis from
the chest down, lesions of the optic nerve…At the time of the report, the
patient had not recovered."
Officials with the Abstinence Clearinghouse noted in a position paper that
groups including the Texas Medical Association, the American Academy of
Pediatrics, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and the
American Academy of Environmental Medicine have come out publicly against
mandatory vaccination.
"The reasoning of these medical associations is clear. They are not opposed to
medical progress, and certainly support all efforts to combat life-threatening
diseases. The problem, as these organizations see it, lies in the fact that the
drug only went through three and a half years of testing, leaving the medical
community somewhat in the dark as to what serious adverse effects might result
in the long term," the group said at the time.
"Along with the potential of serious adverse effects is the question of
efficacy. There is evidence that after approximately four years, the vaccine's
potency significantly declines. The long-term value of the vaccine has yet to be
determined; if it wears off within six years, will girls and women need to
repeat the battery of injections they originally received?" the organization
wondered.
Michigan was the first state to introduce a plan to require the vaccine to be
given to young girls, but the proposal failed. Ohio also considered a failed
plan in 2006.
In 2007 Merck's aggressive lobbying campaign and contributions to Women in
Government resulted in proposals in at least 39 states to institutionalize such
vaccinations.
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