Gardasil kills people

The FDA and CDC have announced that they still believe the HPV vaccine Gardasil is safe, despite the fact that they have received over 7000 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine, including 15 deaths.

Since Gardasil hit the market in 2006, I have thought it is a bad idea. You can only get HPV through sexual contact, so the disease is easily avoidable, unlike most diseases for which vaccines exist. HPV vaccination is not mandatory (thank goodness), but the FDA and CDC recommend that Gardasil be given to females from 9 to 27. I think this goes too far. Yes, the majority of people will have sex at some point in their lives, but what about the minority? Not every single person has sex. There are young women in the world who are celibate and intend to stay that way. Don't these people matter too? By giving a general recommendation for HPV vaccination, the government is telling celibate and asexual people that we do not exist. Plus, there are so many terrible, as of now incurable diseases that affect innocent people through no fault of their own. It seems like a waste of time and resources to develop a vaccine for such a preventable disease as HPV.

Now, in addition to my moral objections to Gardasil, there seem to be safety concerns as well. Although the CDC says 10 of the reported deaths had no connection to Gardasil, what about the other 5? 7% of the adverse reaction reports involve serious reactions such as paralysis, heart failure, seizures, and anaphylactic shock. Families of two teenage girls who became paralyzed after getting the vaccine recently filed lawsuits against Merck, the maker of the vaccine.

The moral of the story is, make your own medical decisions, don't just go along with what the government and the drug companies say you should do. Gardasil is not for everyone!

Thanks to Gardasil-Talk.com for these facts.