Source: Forbes.com

Readers are still commenting on my post on why the adverse event reports on Gardasil seem to indicate the vaccine is safe. One particularly persuasive line of comment comes from reader Stephanie Rehak, who does some reporting for me. Basically, she points out, many of these reports are third-hand and for problems that a vaccine would be unlikely to cause.

Rehak writes:

Have you read through the (currently) 107 reports of death on VAERS tied to Gardasil? It’s well worth the read. The first page has mostly cases of death with other underlying factors that contributed to the patient’s death (congenital heart disease, seizure disorders, DVT in patients taking Yaz BCP). The further in you get the crazier it becomes.

There are several fourth and fifth hand reports such as VAERS ID 344385

“Information has been received from an office manager that the physician heard from the physician”s colleague that a 16 year old female colleague”s patient was given an unspecified dose of GARDASIL (Lot not reported) on a Friday and on Monday the patient passed away (specific dates were unknown).”

There are at least a dozen regarding cases the reporter read about on the internet, heard about on the radio or saw on TV, like 383175

“Information has been received from a consumer via an internet newspaper concerning a patient who on an unspecified date was vaccinated with a dose of GARDASIL… It was also reported that polysorbato 80 or tween 80 that is a chemical that causes infertility in mice and aluminum which is neurological toxin are in GARDASIL. This is one of several reports from the same source. Additional information is not expected.”

There are also a couple of suicides, a car accident and a case where a girl fell into an open well and died that were reported to VAERS. Of the cases that could be verified there are about half a dozen reports where the patient died of anaphylaxis possibly due to the vaccine or where the cause of death truly remains a mystery.

As a woman, I find it particularly sad that so many of the opponents of this vaccine are other women. This vaccine has the potential to save a lot of lives, and sadly, the public reaction has been negative due to irrational fears and smear campaigns based on lies.

Have you read through the (currently) 107 reports of death on VAERS tied to Gardasil? It’s well worth the read. The first page has mostly cases of death with other underlying factors that contributed to the patient’s death (congenital heart disease, seizure disorders, DVT in patients taking Yaz BCP). The further in you get the crazier it becomes.

There are several fourth and fifth hand reports such as VAERS ID 344385

“Information has been received from an office manager that the physician heard from the physician”s colleague that a 16 year old female colleague”s patient was given an unspecified dose of GARDASIL (Lot not reported) on a Friday and on Monday the patient passed away (specific dates were unknown).”

There are at least a dozen regarding cases the reporter read about on the internet, heard about on the radio or saw on TV, like 383175

It’s not impossible that Gardasil could cause some rare side effects that we have not found out about yet. But using the tally of deaths reported the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, as critics often do, is simply wrong. There’s nothing in these reports to indicate a problem.