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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
AncientAssyrian
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Just some things to think about...
From the CDC (1):
Some girls or women should not get HPV vaccine or should wait:
- Anyone who has ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction to yeast, to any other component of HPV vaccine, or to a previous dose of HPV vaccine should not get the vaccine. Tell your doctor if the person getting the vaccine has any severe allergies.
- Pregnant women should not get the vaccine. The vaccine appears to be safe for both the mother and the unborn baby, but it is still being studied. Receiving HPV vaccine when pregnant is not a reason to consider terminating the pregnancy. Women who are breast feeding may safely get the vaccine.
(1) http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-hpv.pdf
From the Gardasil Product Insert from Merck (emphasis is mine)
GARDASIL has not been evaluated for the potential to cause carcinogenicity or genotoxicity.
For pregnancies with estimated onset within 30 days of vaccination, 5 cases of congenital anomaly were observed in the group that received GARDASIL compared to 0 cases of congenital anomaly in the group that received placebo. The congenital anomalies seen in pregnancies with estimated onset within 30 days of vaccination included pyloric stenosis, congenital megacolon, congenital hydronephrosis, hip dysplasia and club foot.
In the clinical studies, subjects were evaluated for new medical conditions that occurred over the course of up to 4 years of follow up. The number of subjects who received both GARDASIL and placebo and developed a new medical condition potentially indicative of a systemic immune disorder...
GARDASIL == 11,813 recipients
Placebo == 9701 recipients
Potential Autoimmune Disorder
Among Gardasil recipients, there were 9 cases of autoimmune disease: 1 Juvenile arthritis, 2 rheumatoid arthritis, 5 arthritis, 1 reactive arthritis. Among the placebo, 3 cases total, 1 lupus and 2 arthritis (2)
(2) http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/g/gardasil/gardasil_pi.pdf
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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