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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Truth about Gardasil - Latest Comments</title><link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="http://api.friendfeed.com/2008/03#sup" href="http://disqus.com/sup/all.sup#forumcomments-fdafbd52" type="application/json"/><link>http://thetruthaboutgardasil.disqus.com/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://thetruthaboutgardasil.disqus.com/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:19:04 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Is borax responsible for Gardasil’s adverse side effects?</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2012/03/28/is-borax-responsible-for-gardasils-adverse-side-effects/#comment-483239350</link><description>&lt;p&gt;unless they added borax to the aluminum adjuvant placebo, I doubt it is the culprit as the placebo group had the same rates of deaths and adverse events.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dr. T</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:19:04 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Less frequent pap testing won&amp;#8217;t increase cervical cancer death rate, authorities say</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2012/03/19/less-frequent-pap-testing-wont-increase-cervical-cancer-death-rate-authorities-say/#comment-469370130</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Some  alternative thoughts on the promotion  of Gardasil for supposed protection from cervical cancer: &lt;br&gt;     Its  unethical  to  seek to stampeded  people  to get the HPV vaccine  with such  statements as   " cervical cancer  is the second leading cause   of cancer death  in  the world ".  In  the  U.S.,  cervical cancer  represents   one percent  of all cancer,   and  its cure   rate   is   75 %.     Cervical cancer  represents     a death  rate  of 2.4  per million,  or  2,500  deaths per   year.    The  rate of   unexplained   death   and  serious  life altering  ( disabling  )  illness  among  the   vaccinated   is  greater    than  the death rate  of cervical cancer.    This  is quite interesting,   as society  seems  willing to risk  the lives and  health of   children,  to   someday  extend of  lives  of middle age    women ( the median  age of  cervical cancer  patients is 49 ) .    Isn't  this     a  lot like child sacrifice ?  This would not  be so bad  if the vaccine was proven  to  have any  effect on  cervical cancer,  but  it   has not.   There are no results  from clinical trials   that  show  hpv vaccines protect women   against  cervical cancer.  That  answer won't be know  for  decades.   Why   submit children to risk  for   unproven protection    from a cancer   that   most likely  occurs  at age  fifty?    Does  anyone really believe  there will be  no medical advances in  cancer treatment   in the next  thirty five years ?  &lt;br&gt;      Does Merck,  the  CDC,  and  the FDA  deserve   our trust ?  Remember,  at least  thirty five  thousand people    died from  the approved   Merck  drug  Vioxx  during  the five years  it was on the market.  .   The  rate of death   from   Vioxx   was twice  the rate of death   from cervical  cancer.       Now  we are  to trust   Merck  when  they are protected from liability   as a vaccine maker ?  &lt;br&gt;    Just   say No  to  the HPV vaccines,   which are  unproven,   unsafe,   unethically  promoted,  and  unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">John Wagoner</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:10:52 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Young woman posts YouTube video about her Gardasil experience</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2012/01/12/young-woman-posts-youtube-video-about-her-gardasil-experience/#comment-414759483</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Please don't let your daughters (or sons) have this gardasil. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Gailbogart</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:24:50 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Aggressive marketing of Gardasil plays on public fear of cancer</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/02/18/aggressive-marketing-of-gardasil-plays-on-public-fear-of-cancer/#comment-408239079</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Gardasil all HPV Vaccines&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How does a vaccine work when acquired immunity has not been established&lt;br&gt;As&lt;br&gt; in that is how vaccines work, Acquired immunity was seen and documented&lt;br&gt; in man or animal and a vaccine was made that had this immunity in it ,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Vaccine has an immunity in it, to work small pox cow pox chicken pox&lt;br&gt;ect&lt;br&gt;the vaccine for small pox and chicken pox has this immunity cell structure so the body can learn the immunity&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HPV a Wart No NO no, a man or animal in history has not developed the immunity, never get anouther Wart {external, internal}&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;warts plantar what ever&lt;br&gt;their all a wart&lt;br&gt;where they grow changes the name&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;complicated they made it&lt;br&gt;so they are lieing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No MSDS&lt;br&gt;nothing in government has the legal authority to make legal a product&lt;br&gt;with no msds&lt;br&gt;The product jumped through all the testing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Merck are lieing and pretending to be somehow that authority&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pharmacutical companys have not done this before&lt;br&gt;and then try to force mandate an untested vaccine&lt;br&gt;a vaccine that, science in making vaccines does not support Gardasil or any HPV Vaccines&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Their is some pilot project i noticed&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Terrorists&lt;br&gt;computer program&lt;br&gt;Animated computer program to look like people and&lt;br&gt;get them to say what they would like to say&lt;br&gt;News government&lt;br&gt;ect&lt;br&gt;To make Gardasil look legal&lt;br&gt;you have noticed&lt;br&gt;its a lot bigger&lt;br&gt;Criminal intelligences&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fucked</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:10:37 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Canadian coroner expresses worry about Gardasil side effects</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/12/28/canadian-coroner-expresses-worry-about-gardasil-side-effects/#comment-394034018</link><description>&lt;p&gt;wow - you wonder if this is all about money and the drug manufactures just pushing the drug and not enough research with respect to the potential side effects??&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The more you read the more you wonder if anone realy knows all the serious side affects?  Any link to Type 1 diabetes?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sandrodangelo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:03:15 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Parents advised to cautiously weigh pros and cons of Gardasil vaccine</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/02/17/parents-advised-to-cautiously-weigh-pros-and-cons-of-gardasil-vaccine/#comment-374698947</link><description>&lt;p&gt;These observations are especially insightful considering that there are only 4,000 deaths from cervical cancer a year (compared to 40,000 deaths from breast cancer). The risk/reward just doesn't make sense, especially for pre-teen girls. In addition, the long-term effects of this vaccine are unknown as no studies have been conducted on girls reproductive systems 15 years AFTER getting the vaccine.There is NO WAY I would have my daughter/granddaughter vaccinated. This program benefits Merck, and very few others. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Nonna</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:20:19 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Cervical cancer vaccine may cause women to skip vital screening</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/02/16/cervical-cancer-vaccine-may-cause-women-to-skip-vital-screening/#comment-338950484</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Its really big news guys about that cervical cancer vaccine may cause women to skip vital screening. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks guys. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">stomach cancer</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:14:14 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Filmmakers plan documentary about Gardasil harmful side effects</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/01/14/filmmakers-plan-documentary-about-gardasil-harmful-side-effects/#comment-334009110</link><description>&lt;p&gt;My Daughter is 18 yrs. old. She took the Gardasil vacine three yrs. ago and now she has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. This was meant to prevent it, not cause it. I am telling all parents not to let their Daughters take these shots. I am furious. And I believe the medical association is to blame. I'm sure it's not just the medical association alone. But I do know they made millions off of this. DO NOT LET YOUR DAUGHTERS TAKE THESE SHOTS!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Donna</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:37:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Canadian coroner expresses worry about Gardasil side effects</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/12/28/canadian-coroner-expresses-worry-about-gardasil-side-effects/#comment-327674052</link><description>&lt;p&gt;IF CANADA IS CALLING FOR MORE RESEARCH ON GARDASIL WHY ISN"T THE UNITED STATES?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">ap2013</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:46:14 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: First post</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2008/09/17/first-post/#comment-325860507</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Don't call them ignorant, call them money hungry.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Barbara Williams</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:27:10 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: First post</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2008/09/17/first-post/#comment-323263576</link><description>&lt;p&gt;" That even more women and girls will be sacrificed for Merck’s bottom line as Gardasil shots are unnecessarily doled out is nothing less than criminal."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Agreed; so is the fact that the corporate criminals who have perpetrated an insider takeover of the government and are now operating it solely for the profit of the "elites" and the corporations they own have used the law to protect the vaccine makers against ANY kind accountability. That removes any reason to make or sell anything that is actually effective, much less safe. Why should they bother? All they need to do is put something into a syringe, raw sewage if they feel like it - and sell it as whatever - an inoculation against age and death if they want - and when it fails to work or turns out to be deadly, they can say, "Oh well; too bad, but there's nothing you can can do about it." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And they'll be right.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ian&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">ianmacleod</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:03:29 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Gardasil injures and kills many, but no recall</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/04/02/gardasil-injures-and-kills-many-but-no-recall/#comment-318439402</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the truth you have posted here, vaccines are not safe, I had horses die and foals be aborted from the disease they had been vaccinated for 3 times in 11 months. The vet identified the disease in the mares as the cornmeal looking specks on the umbilical cord. Then the mares died later with the same disease. Guess what the drug companies and labs said when we tried to report it? Oh we can't prove it was that disease and they probably had it before you gave the vaccinations. My friends had healthy horses die of a disease after the 3rd to 5th booster on West Nile. Guess what the vets and labs said? Oh, they probably had it before the vaccinations. So those deaths are not even reported on the danger or side effect results. Hmmmmmmm.........You decide for yourself, I did, no more vacs for any person, animal around me. My vet asked me if I was prepared for my horses to die. I said I wouldn't do that if I though they would die. I have vets that taught me this. It took me 12 yrs to get the strength of my convicttions to follow through with it. That has been 15 yrs ago and no horse has died or even been sick since. I used to have my show horse sick often with Rhino, so they vac him more often to try and stop the sickness. When I stopped his vacs, he hasn't had a cold since. Hmmmmmmm you decide on that, I know I have. The natural vets with Dynamite products (Natural supplements etc) do not give any of their kids, or pets any vaccinations, not even Rabies. The titer counts on horses non vaccinated compared with vaccintaed horses are higher., That means their immunity is better than the vaccinated ones. Hmmmmm .....Research it, you will find out the truth. I know I did. DId you know some of the ingredients in some of the vacs? Live virus, dead killed virus, mercury, formaldehyde, etc.... Research it, and you cam make your own conclusions. Look what you are injecting into your loved ones whether they be human or animal. they take the infected pus from monkeys and use it to make the vacs from, did you know that? Do you think that is what God intended to be injected into a persons body? Thanks for taking the time to look into this. Sincerely Susana&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Susana Wright</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:48:02 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did Bachmann overblow Gardasil side effects? What are the risks?</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/09/15/did-bachmann-overblow-gardasil-side-effects-what-are-the-risks/#comment-314532901</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I put together seven videos on my blog mostly produced by Family Members detailing the DEATHS around the Gardasil Vaccine.http://&lt;a href="http://jennyhatch.com/2011/09/13/gardasil-if-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-then-a-video-report/I" rel="nofollow"&gt;jennyhatch.com/2011/09/13/gard...&lt;/a&gt; also wrote an article for Blogging Mothers Magazine that details the many attempts made on my life as a Blogging Mother who began warning families about the Gardasil Vaccine before it even hit the market. I believe I have been protected by God these past few years as those tied to the Pharma Companies have attempted to silence my voice:&lt;a href="http://bloggingmothersmagazine.com/2011/08/31/american-style-terrorism/Jenny" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://bloggingmothersmagazine...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a rel="nofollow"&gt;Hatchhttp://WWW.JennyHatch.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jenny Hatch</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:18:51 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Vaccine watchdog group asks FDA to review Gardasil for possible contamination</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/09/09/vaccine-watchdog-group-asks-fda-to-review-gardasil-for-possible-contamination/#comment-313741734</link><description>&lt;p&gt;tainted vaccines are not good for women&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ginny Auldridge</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:41:40 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did Bachmann overblow Gardasil side effects? What are the risks?</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/09/15/did-bachmann-overblow-gardasil-side-effects-what-are-the-risks/#comment-313468126</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Why aren't doctors promoting informed choice to parents, rather thanjust jumping on the CDC/government bandwagon in pushing this vaccination. Our doctor wanted to give my daughter Gardasil at the age of 11! She is 14 now and she will never get the vaccination!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Marciainbelmont</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:44:04 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Did Bachmann overblow Gardasil side effects? What are the risks?</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/09/15/did-bachmann-overblow-gardasil-side-effects-what-are-the-risks/#comment-313277649</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Not to mention that testing of 100 samples of the vaccine were shown to be contaminated with the live GM virus. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jollyd</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:39:24 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Video links young woman&amp;#8217;s illness to Gardasil vaccinations</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/05/13/video-links-young-womans-illness-to-gardasil-vaccinations/#comment-289387928</link><description>&lt;p&gt;God Bless you and keep you Gabby.The FDA members have a special hell waiting for them!But its heaven for you sweetie! &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Myleen201</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:01:06 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FDA records raise new concerns about Gardasil safety</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/10/05/fda-records-raise-new-concerns-about-gardasil-safety/#comment-267643262</link><description>&lt;p&gt;this is the official new report by the CDC and the FDA using all registered VAERS about gardasil real safety in the USA, updated to june 2011!&lt;br&gt;this is the link: &lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/Vaccines/HPV/gardasil.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafe...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;it explains clearly VAERS, how it works, and the studied relation between the reported adverse events around &lt;a href="http://Gardasil.it" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gardasil.it&lt;/a&gt; states that no death was considered related to Gardasil, that Guillain-Barre syndrome (characterized by muscle tyreness) present usually in teen girls, on a rate of 1-2 /100,000 people, and incidence of it is comparable to normal population and no relation was found for gardasil beeing the cause. the same with blood clots as patients that presented them had more than one real blood clot risk factors.32 million doses only in the USA (over 90 million worldwide) is a good number to say the vaccine is actually safe!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Guest</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:25:43 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Gardasil rushed to market despite low benefit vs risk ratio</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/06/06/gardasil-rushed-to-market-despite-low-benefit-vs-risk-ratio/#comment-240654546</link><description>&lt;p&gt;“Replacement” is a normal phenomenon in which virus strains which have been removed by a vaccine are always replaced by new strains. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gardasil is marketed as a cancer preventive. However, the complete opposite may occur: It is not known by anyone at all whether the new strains will be more carcinogenic than the ones which have been removed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In other words, Gardasil may actually increase the risk of cancer.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mindanoiha</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:06:46 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Cervical cancer vaccine may cause women to skip vital screening</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/02/16/cervical-cancer-vaccine-may-cause-women-to-skip-vital-screening/#comment-222925945</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;								I know many believe the pap test is the most effective screening test in history. I can’t agree…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are no RCT’s for pap testing and also, this was always a rare &lt;br&gt;cancer, in decline before screening started and those factors are still &lt;br&gt;having an effect on the incidence and death rate. Dr Gilbert Welch &lt;br&gt;points out things like better hygiene and less sexually transmitted &lt;br&gt;disease in his book, “Over-diagnosed”. I’d add more hysterectomies (1 in&lt;br&gt; 3 US women will have one by age 60!), fewer women smoking, better &lt;br&gt;condoms etc…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s true that stomach cancer has also fallen by a similar or greater &lt;br&gt;margin with no screening at all, yet you can bet if there was a &lt;br&gt;screening test, they’d be grabbing the credit.&lt;br&gt;The thing that writes off cervical screening for me: vast &lt;br&gt;over-detection and potentially harmful over-treatment. I also hate the &lt;br&gt;way cancer screening is regarded as compulsory for women, elective for &lt;br&gt;men. Women don’t get balanced and complete information and our legal &lt;br&gt;right to give informed consent for cancer screening is dismissed…in the &lt;br&gt;States and Canada women are routinely coerced into cancer screening and &lt;br&gt;often, over-screening and reckless screening. (screening women not yet &lt;br&gt;sexually active from age 21)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know American doctors refuse women birth control pills, HRT, migraine &lt;br&gt;meds and even all medical care until they agree, to not only cancer &lt;br&gt;screening, but completely unnecessary and potentially harmful breast and&lt;br&gt; gyn exams. (these exams are not recommended in asymptomatic women here &lt;br&gt;and in many other countries)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a double standard in cancer screening.&lt;br&gt;In Australia we also over-screen (not as badly as the States) and &lt;br&gt;there is zero respect for informed consent (for women) – our GP’s even &lt;br&gt;receive an UNDISCLOSED target payment for pap testing (about to be &lt;br&gt;raised to 65% of eligible patients)…this is unethical as it creates a &lt;br&gt;potential conflict of interest. These payments were recently changed in &lt;br&gt;the UK, thanks to the work of some amazing advocates for informed &lt;br&gt;consent for women.&lt;br&gt;Here we screen women from 18 (sometimes earlier) knowing this is of no benefit, but exposes these women to harm and great worry.&lt;br&gt;“No country in the world has shown a reduction in the incidence of or&lt;br&gt; the mortality from cervical cancer in women under 30, irrespective of &lt;br&gt;cervical screening. Many countries do not perform cervical screening on &lt;br&gt;women under 30″…”Cervical cancer screening” a handout for doctors (not &lt;br&gt;women!) in “Australian Doctor” 2006 by Assoc Prof Margaret Davy and Dr &lt;br&gt;Shorne.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still we continue to test young women….thank goodness more young women are getting to the truth and refusing pap tests. It concerns me that people like Dr Pesce still scold young women when they know these women are making the right decision, one that will protect their health.I have to wonder about the motives of doctors, medical groups and screening authorities/Govt who deliberately give women incorrect advice? Are young women being used as part of an unauthorised experiment to determine whether Gardasil is indeed reducing the number of cervical lesions or warts? This is unethical without the consent of the women however, informed consent is a joke in women's cancer screening, so no doubt few would worry about more unethical conduct.These young women would have a strong case against their doctors and the govt - many will be left worried sick after false positives and even damaged after unnecessary biopsies and procedures. My GP now advises young women not to screen - she's given up on the the govt doing the right thing and can't stand by watching young women being worried and harmed. This evidence has been around for many years, it is not controversial...it's a fact - there is no benefit testing women under 30, but it causes great harm - ask Assoc Prof Davy!&lt;br&gt;Finland has the lowest rates of cc in the world and sends the fewest &lt;br&gt;women for colposcopy/biopsies (fewer false positives) – they offer 5 to 7&lt;br&gt; tests in total, 5 yearly from age 30. (even this schedule sends 35%-55% at some &lt;br&gt;stage for follow-up) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Australia often boasts about having the lowest mortality rate in the &lt;br&gt;world, but we keep our shameful over-detection and over-treatment rates &lt;br&gt;under wraps. This low rate is achieved at a terrible cost paid by the &lt;br&gt;healthy population of women – the more than 99% who’d never have an &lt;br&gt;issue with this cancer and all with no informed consent.&lt;br&gt;Dr Angela Raffle, UK screening expert showed that 1 in 3 pap tests &lt;br&gt;will be “abnormal” in women under 25 – false positives caused by normal &lt;br&gt;changes in the maturing cervix and from harmless and transient &lt;br&gt;infections. Cervical cancer is rare, very rare before 30 and screening &lt;br&gt;doesn’t change the incidence or death rate in young women anyway.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is unethical to test women under 30 and definitely before 25 and to test any woman without informed consent.&lt;br&gt;We also test 2 yearly and this means lots of false positives for no additional benefit – it’s over-screening.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;77% is the lifetime risk of referral for colposcopy and usually some &lt;br&gt;sort of biopsy to cover a 0.65% lifetime risk of cervical cancer. Take &lt;br&gt;out false negative cases and considering other factors are affecting the&lt;br&gt; incidence and death rate – fewer than 0.45% of women are helped &lt;br&gt;(assuming any woman is helped) The States it’s even higher – lifetime &lt;br&gt;risk of referral – 95%…(DeMay article at Dr Sherman’s site)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This amount of over-detection and over-treatment IMO, makes this testing&lt;br&gt; unsuitable for population screening. I don’t believe it would be &lt;br&gt;approved today.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now we have a program that is highly lucrative, very political and &lt;br&gt;highly emotive….it helps few and harms (to some degree) many….&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some women end up worse off after unnecessary biopsies and procedures &lt;br&gt;like LEEP – cervical stenosis, (infertility, infections, endometriosis &lt;br&gt;and may need surgery if the cervix is scarred shut) cervical &lt;br&gt;incompetence – miscarriages, high risk pregnancy that may require &lt;br&gt;cervical cerclage, more c-sections, premature babies and &lt;br&gt;psych/psychosexual issues.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No one seems to care about these women and there are lots of them – the &lt;br&gt;entire focus is on screening and the incidence and death rates for this &lt;br&gt;rare cancer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My own younger sister had a cone biopsy after a false positive pap test – a devastating experience.&lt;br&gt;It’s the same with mammograms – we don’t get honest and complete information and there is no respect for informed consent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, the UK has some great people prepared to speak up and warn &lt;br&gt;women of the risks. Professor Michael Baum, UK breast cancer surgeon &lt;br&gt;gave another informative lecture at UCL recently, “Breast cancer &lt;br&gt;screening: the inconvenient truths” – at the Medphyzz site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s also possible to get to the facts behind cervical screening – Dr &lt;br&gt;Joel Sherman’s patient privacy site under women’s privacy issues has &lt;br&gt;lots of great references, including research by Angela Raffle. “1000 &lt;br&gt;women need regular smears for 35 years to save one woman from cc” &lt;br&gt;(BMJ:2003/4) plus over-detection and over-treatment rates.&lt;br&gt;It’s hard to understand why we spend a small fortune “fighting” this &lt;br&gt;rare cancer when there are FAR greater threats to our lives out there…it&lt;br&gt; says to me that these programs have little to do with our health. The &lt;br&gt;priorities are skewed by pressure/lobby groups, political and vested &lt;br&gt;interests. ($$$)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think cancer screening is a great threat to our health, rights and lives.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I made an informed decision, as a low risk woman, not to have pap &lt;br&gt;testing more than 25 years ago and more recently, rejected mammograms. I&lt;br&gt; didn’t get the information I needed from my doctor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More than ever before we need to do our own reading, spread the word and&lt;br&gt; make informed decisions about our health care. I don’t give a damn &lt;br&gt;about screening targets or my GP’s incentive payment…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is this really in MY best interests?&lt;br&gt;			&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Eliz52</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:59:16 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: New Zealand parents holding off on Gardasil vaccine for their children</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2011/02/22/new-zealand-parents-holding-off-on-gardasil-vaccine-for-their-children/#comment-163245952</link><description>&lt;p&gt;shame on anyone who defends this deadly coctail. The rich get richer the takers of this can get killed by it. u weigh it up fools&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stenton501</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:30:58 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: HPV authority says pap tests make Gardasil vaccine unnecessary</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/01/19/leading-hpv-authority-says-pap-tests-make-risky-gardasil-vaccine-unnecessary/#comment-100470610</link><description>&lt;p&gt;One more thing? The vaccine is only effective if given BEFORE someone is infected. So I wonder what Dr. Harper advises a parent who has a daughter who has hands covered in warts to do? Fact: the daughter is already a carrier for HPV. Fact: young girls masturbate. Fact: by giving the child the immunization at an early age, there's a good chance to help minimize her chances of infecting herself with HPV that could potentially set her up for problems later on in life-because we aren't going to take an 11 yr old girl in for Pap smears to check for cervical changes. In fact, I don't think anyone would expect us to take her in at 14, or even 16, for Pap smears (unless she were to become sexually active, which she hasn't to date-she's 14 now). So tell me...what does a parent do? As the step-mother, I've been unable to convince her father to take action, and her mother is too paralyzed by websites like this one which help foster the sense that the immunization is worthless in every case and will only give her lupus or something else equally horrific. You must be so proud.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">guest</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:02:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: HPV authority says pap tests make Gardasil vaccine unnecessary</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/01/19/leading-hpv-authority-says-pap-tests-make-risky-gardasil-vaccine-unnecessary/#comment-100466527</link><description>&lt;p&gt;While properly done Pap screens do a great job at catching early stage cervical cancer, which is generally easily treated, your argument falls short. The part of the truth that nobody seems to want to talk about is that girls in their late teens and early twenties are notoriously bad about doing things like keeping those critical once a year appointments, and as legal adults, parents don't have the pull over them we had when they were younger. As a result, it's not unusual in the medical clinic where I work to see a twenty-something college girl, who only has come in because she's having "problems". Upon examination, we'll find that she's missed her yearly exams for at least one or two years, she's had multiple partners (even if it wasn't for true intercourse) in the interim, and that she's now scared, worried, and desperately wishing she had taken part in some preventative care. Right about then, everyone in the room thinks the patient should have had the Gardasil series-she's the ideal candidate. Since 60% of college age women contract some form of HPV at some point, and 40% of the strains of HPV can cause some kind of genital "problems", it only make sense that until these women are at an age where they are going to settle down into a monogamous relationship, they really need to be protected as much as possible. Furthermore, while cervical cancer IS one of the easiest to treat when caught early...well, if you don't catch it early, it's nearly always fatal, with a IIa or greater rated cervical cancer, the survival rate drops to 80% at 5 years; at IIIA it drops to 30%, and at IVA? Only 16%. That really is a slap in the face for all the people who think that cervical cancer is nothing to worry about. The harsh fact is that if you DON'T get a yearly exam, if you DON'T have a monogamous relationship, if you are casual and carefree and just think that HPV and cancer can be fixed with a magic wand? Well, you're playing with fire. Gardasil wasn't developed just because there was nothing good on TV. It was developed because there was a need to try to stop a trend of younger and younger women developing these low grade cervical cancers. The fact that it happened to be able to prevent genital warts was just a bonus. Yes, there ARE side effects, as with any vaccine, and yes, any intelligent patient should educate herself-however, I would caution her to avoid chat rooms, websites run by legal teams, churches, or any other potentially biased groups. Try peer reviewed journal articles from the library for your best source of honest, unbiased information, and discuss it at length with your doctor. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Scseery</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:54:33 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: FDA records raise new concerns about Gardasil safety</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/10/05/fda-records-raise-new-concerns-about-gardasil-safety/#comment-94337194</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I really hope that parents learn to educate themselves about vaccines.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ana</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:50:33 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Gardasil puts new emphasis on value, safety of childhood vaccines</title><link>http://www.thetruthaboutgardasil.com/news/2010/08/02/gardasil-puts-new-emphasis-on-value-safety-of-childhood-vaccines/#comment-85829534</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It is so sad how many young teens are misinformed by the government telling them its healthy to get on birth control pills and get vaccinated. Do the research, it is a serious life choice to get vaccinated. If the body is healthy and the immune system is strong, any virus can be kept away.&lt;br&gt;Skye Davis&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.earthtoskye.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.earthtoskye.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Skyehealing</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:15:29 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
