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On the other hand (edit: an outdated article, see vo2maxer's comment below) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gardasil-researcher-speaks-out/ https://www.cbsnews.com
by sm4rk0 7y ago
On the other hand (edit: an outdated article, see vo2maxer's comment below)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gardasil-researcher-speaks-out/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gardasil-researcher-speaks-out/
"The risks of serious adverse events including death reported after Gardasil use in (the JAMA article by CDC's Dr. Barbara Slade) were 3.4/100,000 doses distributed. The rate of serious adverse events on par with the death rate of cervical cancer. Gardasil has been associated with at least as many serious adverse events as there are deaths from cervical cancer developing each year."
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- homero 7y agoYou mean adverse events like a rash? Or headache?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 7y agoThe comment explicitly states "serious adverse events", which is well-defined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_adverse_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_adverse_event
- vo2maxer 7y agoWe have another 10 years of evidence since this was posted in 2009 [1]. That article quotes Diane Harper quite bit, and has also been discussed since [2]. [1] https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1750-9378-8-22 https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.118... [2] https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/08/16/yet-another-antivaccine-meme-rises-from-the-grave-again-no-diane-harper-doesnt-hate-gardasil https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/08/16/yet-another-an...
- sm4rk0 7y agoThanks! Those are good arguments I was looking for (downvote accepted).
- vo2maxer 7y agoThank you, also. These are good discussions to have, particularly that we’ll make the decision to vaccinate on behalf of others, our children. Many parents are fearful or confused before the large amount of information pro and against (unfounded) vaccines in general. Add the association of HPV and sexual transmission, and it becomes more difficult to go ahead and vaccinate. I’ve read the evidence carefully and have no doubt that despite the (low) risk of adverse events, children of both sexes should have the HPV vaccine. As I said in another comment, I think the recommended age will continue to expand given the new favorable evidence in ongoing studies.
- domnomnom 7y agoAhh the another "settled science"
- vo2maxer 7y agoThe snark does not add much to the discussion. The preponderance of evidence has convinced most experts in the fields of immunology, infectious diseases, pediatrics, internal medicine, virology, microbiology, epidemiology, and many other scientists in related areas.