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Will the HPV vaccine soon be mandatory for schoolgirls?

by Dr. Mercola

 

Merck is funding efforts to pass state laws that would require girls as young as eleven to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus. Some conservative groups argued that this requirement would encourage premarital sex and interfere with parents' rights.

Merck has funneled money to Women in Government, an advocacy group made up of female state legislators around the country, and a top official from Merck's vaccine division sits on Women in Government's business council.

At least eighteen states are debating whether or not to make Merck's vaccine Gardasil mandatory for schoolgirls. Many of these bills have been introduced by members of Women in Government.

Gardasil protects against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which are responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.
 
Kaiser Network.org February 1, 2007
Yahoo News January 30, 2007
 
Dr. Mercola's Comment:

Merck, maker of the notorious Vioxx, now wants to make their needless human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil a requirement for young women.

Although Merck openly admits its lobbying ties with Women in Government, the mega-drug maker won't say how much money they're funneling through the non-profit. But here's a possible measuring stick: With Merck doubling its spending on lobbying, just in Texas, to some $250,000, multiply that by 18 and you get almost $5 million.

Spending $5 million (or some $12.5 million if you're considering the whole country) is mere chump change compared to the $1 BILLION Merck could earn annually from Gardasil, says one drug industry analyst.

A New England Journal of Medicine study found the use of condoms reduces the incidence of HPV by 70 percent. And just a reminder, more than 6 million women contract HPV annually, but a woman's immune system is often strong enough to clear up this infection on its own; it's virtually 100 percent avoidable without a vaccine.

If you really want to protect yourself against HPV, in addition to wise sexual practices you can strengthen your immune system by:

• Eating properly

• Exercising regularly

• Getting enough sleep

• Addressing stressors

On Vital Votes, reader Ronn from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, reports the following disheartening news:

"It's now a done deal in Texas -- just saw this news article:

"'... Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer ... Perry ... has said the cervical cancer vaccine is no different from the one that protects children against polio.”

"I'd like to add that the polio vaccine isn't protecting anyone! Remember when Salk was practically canonized for 'curing' polio? In reality, all they did was change the definition of polio to make it look like it had been 'cured'. The people who are getting polio now are the ones receiving the vaccine for it.”

Moms With More Education Less Likely to Vaccinate Their Kids
 
Women who never graduated high school are more likely to have their children vaccinated than women who graduated college.

To come to this conclusion, researchers examined data on almost 12,000 families from the National Immunization Survey, a nationwide survey of childhood vaccinations that includes information about ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Children of less-educated mothers were 16 percent more likely to have up-to-date vaccinations.

The study's senior author posited that the reason could be the controversy regarding the safety of vaccinations, and a higher awareness of this among the educated.

American Journal of Public Health December 28, 2006
The New York Times January 17, 2007
 
Dr. Mercola's Comment:

I realize that the issue of vaccination is quite controversial and is one of the bedrocks of "prevention" in conventional medicine. Anyone who opposes them is viewed as a dangerous lunatic.

This is exactly the view I had when I graduated medical school. However, after 20 years of practice and encountering hundreds of vaccine casualties in my practice, and carefully reviewing the evidence, I came to a different conclusion.

I strongly encourage you to review the evidence before you expose your own children to these potentially dangerous injections. I am convinced that their questionable benefits are far outweighed by their side effects.

Apparently many educated parents agree with this position as the above study demonstrates.

Avoiding vaccinations for your children tends to look like the better choice the more you know about the subject. Vaccines given to newborns contain an array of potentially toxic chemicals including formaldehyde, the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal, aluminum phosphate (toxic and carcinogenic), antibiotics, phenols (corrosive to skin and toxic), live viruses and various other components.

Before you decide to vaccinate your children, do them a favor and look into the many risks and side effects associated with common childhood vaccines. Doing so could literally mean the difference between life and death.

There are alternate and vastly safer methods of protecting yourself against disease that all begin with a truly healthy diet, as outlined in my eating plan; of course, drug manufacturers and the government they have purchased don't want you to believe that the foods you consume and the habits you adopt are the primary solution to establishing immunity to diseases and living longer.  They want you to believe that their pharmaceuticals, including vaccines, are essential to your existence, and your children's.

On Vital Votes, Dex from Orem, Utah relates the following:

"After my firstborn son became a victim to the socialized autism epidemic from immunizations, I have refused to give any more of my children as human sacrifices to ignorance. When my wife insists about vaccinations, I say she must study the issue before making any decisions that can harm our children.

"People who insist on immunization have not done due diligence, or they would be against it. The irony, of course, is that people who are in the mainstream, who insist everyone should be inoculated with harmful toxins, think those who oppose their view are uninformed.

"Those who study the issue out soon realize that vaccines are potentially dangerous, compromising to the immune system, and mind-altering."