Gardasil Vaccine Comes Under New Fire from Revealing Reports

More Doubts About the Safety of This Vaccine Against HPV

Gardasil, the vaccine which is claimed by its manufacturer Merck & Company to protect against cervical cancer from the sexually transmitted disease HPV (Human Papillomavirus), has come under fire once again.

According to CNN News and other media sources, reports surfaced yesterday proving that since the drug was fully approved only two years ago by the Food and Drug Administration, there have been over 7,800 complaints of reactions and ailments linked to inoculation with Gardasil.

In these complaints, Gardasil is suspected as the culprit in symptoms ranging from nausea and paralysis to even 15 reports of death, which are being studied by the CDC in their VAERS reports. The CNN report cites two families claiming possible injury court cases.

Most studies, like this very thorough one from Johns Hopkins University, have found that HPV is responsible for 90-99% of most cervical cancer cases. Cervical cancer is the second most deadly women's cancer next to heart disease. HPV is not protected against by condoms, as it can also be transmitted through the sweat glands around the areas of the sexual organs, and also the anal area (sorry to get so graphic, but this is reality, folks).

HPV is very widespread. The Hopkins study cites that it is the most prevalent STD, and may be encountered at some point by 75% of sexually active girls and women. It can also be present in homosexual men. Both heterosexual and homosexual boys and men can be carriers of the disease, transmitting it to every one of their partners, but never knowing.

Some HPV infections clear up on their own and cause no problems. For those infections that prevail, the only pronounced symptom of HPV, which can't be seen in females except upon gynecological examination, is genital warts. Symptoms of HPV may not show up at all, or can show up only too late - when the cervical cancer is diagnosed. Sadly, women can also transfer HPV to their newborns.