Vaccine
push leading to mass hysteria
Abraham
Lincoln once famously said that you can't fool all of
the people all of the time. But, believe me, good
marketing can fool an awful lot of them.
Case in point, federal government statistics are
showing that about one in four American teen girls has
now been vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV),
which causes about 70 percent of cervical cancers
I get it – I really do. The vaccine, Gardasil, has
been marketed so aggressively that parents are being
made to feel like they are sentencing their kids to
cancer if they don't get the vaccine. The FDA was
complicit in creating this hysteria, rushing the
approval through in six months (it normally can take
up to three years to get a vaccine approved).
The FDA is still drinking the Kool-Aid, saying it had
hoped for even higher vaccination rates. But you know
who's still not drinking the Kool-Aid on Gardasil? Me.
Gardasil has unleased a storm of side effects that no
one seems to be taking seriously. Women have died
after receiving this vaccine, and it has been linked
to other frightening medical episodes, such as
seizures.
Meanwhile, before the vaccine was rushed to market, a
comprehensive system of Pap smear screening in Western
countries had already significantly reduced cervical
cancer deaths.
In short, Gardasil is no silver bullet. It's just a
regular, plain ol' bullet – capable of doing plenty
of damage. The rush to widespread use of this new
vaccine has been facilitated by an overly enthusiastic
set of health care professionals, including doctors on
drug company payrolls, whose authority allows them to
prey on the ignorance and lack of training of
politicians, journalists and vulnerable members of the
lay public.
As the ancient Romans liked to say, "festina
lente" (make haste slowly).
