By Norma Erickson When Merck’s HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine, Gardasil, was introduced in Andalucia, Spain in 2008, a full 58% of the 14-year old girls eligible to receive the series of three vaccinations did so, paid for by Spanish healthcare dollars. Two years later, after much controversy about potential side effects and efficacy issues that […]
Religion, vaccine laws may clash
By Lindy Washburn, The Record Staff Writer Last summer, New Jersey quietly made it easier for parents to get a religious exemption from the immunization requirements for children entering school or day care. Now a state legislator who’s also a doctor says that was a bad idea. Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr., D-Burlington, has called on […]
Gardasil: Still not tested or proven to prevent cancer
By Marti Oakley Gardasil is the vaccine promoted as protection against various types of cervical cancer supposedly caused by the HPV virus, and obviously is intended for other purposes. Even with the number of deaths and injury from the vaccine the ads ran non-stop on TV while state and federal governments tried to find ever newer and […]
We Are Anti-Vaccine Wackos – It's Just What We Do
By Marcella Piper-Terry There has been a lot of arguing going on. There’s always a lot of arguing between the two camps in autism, but over the last couple of days it’s been worse. At least that’s my impression. I have some theories about why things are so heated right now, but that’s another note. […]
Historical Vaccine Facts Speak For Themselves
Scientific Living Here are some facts about vaccines. They speak for themselves: In 1871-2, England, with 98% of the population aged between 2 and 50 vaccinated against smallpox, it experienced its worst ever smallpox outbreak with 45,000 deaths. During the same period in Germany, with a vaccination rate of 96%, there were over 125,000 deaths […]
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