By Gaia Health News media throughout Australia have been doing Big Pharma’s work by telling parents that they no longer have a choice in vaccinating their children. They’re told that refusal will result in the loss of family tax benefits. That’s sorta kinda true. However, there is a way of getting around the new rules—and […]
Gardasil marketing: putting the profit cart before the proof horse?
By Wendi Lewis On first glance, a study published by drug manufacturer Merck & Co., in the New England Journal of Medicine appears to declare the Gardasil vaccine a resounding success. The pharmaceutical giant points to numbers that show its cervical cancer vaccine has an unbelievable 98 percent efficacy rate. On closer examination, however, perhaps unbelievable is the right word. The study was […]
Victim of Post-Gardasil Syndrome: Camille from Quebec
Story as told by her mother, Elysabeth Gagnon After much research and discussion, my daughter and I had both signed the required form to refuse the Gardasil vaccine currently being administered in Quebec. In order to assure there would be no problem, I also phoned the school the morning the first dose of Gardasil was […]
Should Boys Be Given the HPV Vaccine? The Science Is Weaker than the Marketing
By Jeanne Lenzer, Medical Investigative Journalist Merck’s promotion of Gardasil, its vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV), has a complicated history. First there was the exuberant claim about its reputedly great effectiveness in preventing cervical cancer. Now comes the recommendation last month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that all 11- and 12-year-old boys should […]
Federal Health Agency Not Good at Vaccine Statistics and Math
By Catherine J. Frompovich In a recent article titled “Flu vaccine statistics don’t add up” authored by J L Craig, BSN, PhD, influenza statistics are taken to task for glaring misinterpretation by none other than the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC. So what else is new? (http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion…) Citing statistics published in a recent Lancet article (thelancet.com/journals) […]
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