Mandatory anti-cancer ( cervical cancer) drugs to be given to Teen-agers
it is a sad day when a sexually transmitted disease calls for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to call for mandatory giving of the drug Gardisil (made by Merck) to women from the age of 9 to 19. Apparanly the Michigan health authority approved such a mandatory "innoculation". The figure of $360 perseries of shots was given which is an incredible amount of money for a drug! Supposedly it is 100% effective, but I challenge a doctor to look at the data and see if:
1) Was the clinical trial done by an independent body?
2) Was there a Double blind experiment/trial done?
3) What was the correlation between those tested and those not tested?
4) How many started the trial and how many completed?
5) Did any of those on the trial suffer anything that could be described as a side effect?
those are a few questions I would ask. I dare not venture into this area as i would not know a wart from a carcinoma etc!
On the moral side of this.
It should be up to the girl to decide to take the drug or not. It should not be mandatory.
The facts should be presented to her from both sides of the fence as to what it means. And as she is a minor her mother should get the same info and her father given the chance to opt in or opt out on the decision.
Sad indeed that we come to this pass. What happened to the measures to prevent cervical cancer, or HPV?
Unfortunately I instantly get suspicious when the CDC, a state health board, and the media all come together to "announce" a program to dose our young women against a known threat. The "reason" is the new drug of course, but the $$$ are large, and the controversy equally so.
I would recommend that the side effects be determined, find out what is actually in the dose (mercury?) and who is pushing that it be done.
You are welcome to add any posts here that will answer the above questions!
Happy hunting!
Stephan Hokke
links:
There are more links to come in subsequent posts - SH
1) Was the clinical trial done by an independent body?
2) Was there a Double blind experiment/trial done?
3) What was the correlation between those tested and those not tested?
4) How many started the trial and how many completed?
5) Did any of those on the trial suffer anything that could be described as a side effect?
those are a few questions I would ask. I dare not venture into this area as i would not know a wart from a carcinoma etc!
On the moral side of this.
It should be up to the girl to decide to take the drug or not. It should not be mandatory.
The facts should be presented to her from both sides of the fence as to what it means. And as she is a minor her mother should get the same info and her father given the chance to opt in or opt out on the decision.
Sad indeed that we come to this pass. What happened to the measures to prevent cervical cancer, or HPV?
Unfortunately I instantly get suspicious when the CDC, a state health board, and the media all come together to "announce" a program to dose our young women against a known threat. The "reason" is the new drug of course, but the $$$ are large, and the controversy equally so.
I would recommend that the side effects be determined, find out what is actually in the dose (mercury?) and who is pushing that it be done.
You are welcome to add any posts here that will answer the above questions!
Happy hunting!
Stephan Hokke
links:
There are more links to come in subsequent posts - SH
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