Comments on: Gardasil: To Make a Decision You’ll Need to Study

By: Gardasil Warnings to Include “Seizure-Like” Reactions

Gardasil Warnings to Include “Seizure-Like” Reactions — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:58:19 +0000

[...] vaccination. I hope for everyone’s sake that it does not become mandatory before it can be studied: independently, fully, and [...]

By: radiation oncologist

radiation oncologist — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:15:12 +0000

As an oncologist, I think getting your children vaccinated against high risk HPV strands is the single most important thing you can do for them. More and more cancers are being shown to have causal links to HPV. In addition to cervical cancer, HPV is also associated with vaginal and vulvar cancer in women and anal and oropharyngeal cancer (tonsil, base of tongue, soft palate) in both men and women. All children regardless of their gender should get vaccinated. It may ultimately save their lives.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:11:58 +0000

I think that it’s a personal decision that each parent and their child should make, but I do scoff at the idea that somehow the vaccine will be somehow “okaying” sex. I think it was Bill Maher who said, when you get your kid a tetanus shot, they don’t go out looking for the first rusty nail to step on! That said, I do think that boys should be getting the vaccine as well – to often we pathologize girls’ bodies, as if they’re giving themselves STDs.

By: Michelle Jones

Michelle Jones — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:52:43 +0000

There was a large article on the front page of the NYT about the vaccine last week…

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/health/21vaccine.html

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:21:55 +0000

My personal opinion is that it is ultimately a good thing and a good idea… Eventually. I haven’t seen enough research and I don’t have a daughter, so let me give you my perspective…

I was a careful girl. I was a “good” girl who went a little wild in my college and early post-college days, but I still wasn’t a sleep around slut. That being said, two years ago, I had an abnormal PAP that turned out to be precancerous cells, one step away from cervical cancer. I went through all the procedures and came away free and clear.

The cause? HPV. Who knows where I got it. Heck, even my husband could have been a carrier. If Guardasil protects against the leading causes of HPV (even if it isn’t ALL causes), and therefore protects against one of the leading causes of cervical cancer, then I do not see how it is a bad thing. It isn’t legislating sex. It isn’t carte blanche to go wild and sleep with every guy who looks at you twice. It’s just another way to protect ourselves.

We teach our children to do the right things at home and give them the tools and protection they need to venture out into the world. And we pray we’ve done a good job.

By: Mikalan Kruase

Mikalan Kruase — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:05:11 +0000

My oldest got the vaccine, and I did research it first. I concluded that at this point the risk was worth it. I didn’t do this because I felt I needed to protect her should she choose to become sexually active. I did this because a third of all sexual contact is not by choice. Plus, as with other vaccines, there are risks, and in some cases, death can result. But death and complications can result from HPV too. My middle daughter is 10 and I also have a year to decide I will probably make the same choice. Just my two cents

By: Sarah Auerswald

Sarah Auerswald — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:26:44 +0000

My cousin is a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine and she’s discussed the studies with me. Apparently some of the deaths that occurred were for reasons that were not causal links to the gardisil. It’s all about reading the fine print of the study, and looking closely at the numbers. She’s a mom to 2 girls and her kids will be getting it. I have boys, but that’s my 2 cents.

By: Jessica Gottlieb

Jessica Gottlieb — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:18:38 +0000

Wow, you guys are amazing. I’d have to take note of a few things. I read the natural news report and I would say it’s informative but it clearly has an agenda, further some of the numbers might be a little inaccurate.

I love people’s opinions but when they’re presented as hard science, I get nervous. When you call the FDA names, you lose credibility, may I suggest letting the reader come to their own conclusion?

This isn’t a bug, it’s a virus and it stays with people for a lifetime.

It’s a women’s issue because women get cervical cancer.

Oh, and then we die from it.

So, I’m not being glib, I’m horrified by the thought of my daughter leaving her childhood behind, it’s so very precious, but as I prepare for her 10th birthday I realize the clock is running out and we need to make a decision about this shot.

You must have opinions. I’ve had coffee with y’all, I know you care about this one.

By: msrook

msrook — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:17:58 +0000

I am in my late twenties and unfortunately I have already received the “prevention” vaccine. It’s Big Pharma people at its finest and I fell victim to this foolishness before I knew any better. We are being used as human guinea pigs and we will suffer the consequences years down the line. It’s big business and with 3 shots, priced at $360 a pop…you do the math!

DID YOU KNOW? There are numerous FDA documents and clinical studies to show that HPV vaccines are not only ineffective, they may actually be dangerous!

The lying, money hungry FDA has stated, “HPV is not associated with cervical cancer.”

As revealed in this special report,

http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_HPV_Vaccine_0.html,

the Gardasil vaccine has been linked to a 44.6% increase in precancerous lesions in some women, raising serious doubts over the sensibility of mandatory vaccination policies.

By: cchiovitti

cchiovitti — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:02:06 +0000

My daughters will not be getting it at this time. I was just waiting for the “adverse reports” to show up in great enough numbers for doctor’s to stop pushing it and it looks like that day is arriving. I’m not one to jump on ANY drug companies bandwagon of advertising scare tactic hysteria.