on Gardasil

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A fate worse than death

My father was fond of the expression 'A fate worse than death'. I

think it was something to do with the way we Brits would have been

treated had the Nazi hordes invaded in the Second World War.

I was wondering if similar thoughts have been going through the minds of

devout parents in the UK who have refused to have their teenage daughters

vaccinated against cervical cancer. Like their counterparts in the

States, these parents apparently see the new HPV vaccine as a licence for

licentious behaviour, although it presumably doesn't also protect against

an unwanted pregnancy.

A new study reveals that 20 per cent of Christian families have refused

to have their daughers vaccinated against HPV, a sexually-transmitted

infection that may lead to cervical cancer. At the moment in the

UK, the vaccine - marketed as Gardasil - is still in the trial phase, but

it's planned to introduce it nationwide in September.

It is already part of the vaccination programme in the States - and early

reports suggest that the religious families may have been wise to avoid

the vaccine, even if it's for the wrong reasons.

As of March, more than 7000 incidents relating to the vaccine have been

reported to the US's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, including 13

deaths, 204 hospitalizations, and, out of which, 124 young girls have

been left disabled. Commentators agree that this is merely the tip

of the iceberg as it's reckoned just 10 per cent of adverse reactions

ever get reported, especially if they are transitory.

Worse, there isn't even a shred of evidence to demonstrate the vaccine

can prevent cancer. One study published last year concluded that the

vaccine couldn't protect against the lesions that are more likely to lead

to cancer. The latest studies also suggest that protecting women

against HPV strains 16 and 18 can increase the likelihood of other forms

that are more closely related to cancer.

A fate worse than death. That would be the Gardasil vaccine,

then.

* A FULL REPORT on the Gardasil vaccine is contained in the May, 2008

issue of 'What Doctors Don't Tell You', which is being despatched to

rs this week. If you would like to , and so read

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