Old Anger Revisited

**Update: I have included one more link at the bottom of this post, to a website where you can sign a petition asking the government to continue to investigate the risks of the Gardasil vaccine.**

In June 2008 I blogged about the Gardasil vaccine. I tried to find it so I could link it, just in case anyone wanted to read it. Then I remembered that I deleted it. That post stirred up a lot of controversy, so I removed it. But now I've got it on the brain again, so I'm going to blog about it again.

I'll summarize my experience as best I can:

As a part of the immigration process, I needed to have a medical exam done, to prove that I was healthy enough to enter into the States. They wanted to know that I wasn't going to pass on anything dangerous to the current citizens and residents. They also wanted to make sure I wasn't just moving to America to take advantage of the hospitals and health care, with no intention of paying for it.

Included in the "We hope you don't pass on any diseases" policy, I had to submit my vaccine records, to make sure I had all the necessary vaccines. A brand new law, that was just introduced that year, was that any immigrating females between 18-26 had to have the Gardasil vaccine, which prevents the HPV virus, which is one cause of cervical cancer. I HAD to receive the vaccine.

I remember seeing commercials for it, and I thought it was a choice. But not for me. So I shelled out an extra $100 or something ridiculous like that, and I got the vaccine, because I wanted to get into America. Before the doctor administered it, I asked him if there were any side effects. He said there were none.

So I got a vaccine I didn't want, for a virus I would never contract, because I had never had sex, and when I did have sex, it was with a man who had never had sex with anyone before me. I understand that the US government has to take precautions, but I hate that in this day and age, they assume that every young female (and male) might be sexually promiscuous, or has unsafe sex (which is the only way to contract and pass on the virus that Gardasil prevents).

After I got home that day, I did some research on the vaccine, since I didn't know anything about it. What I found horrified and enraged me.

- 1 in every 1855 Gardasil shots is followed by a negative health experience. The most common complaint is fainting and seizures, within a few minutes to a few hours after having the vaccine. There have been thousands of these cases.

- Other side effects include blood clots in the brain and lungs, causing stroke, brain swelling and paralysis. 4 girls died after a lung blood clot, 4 more in a car accident when they passed out while driving after they got the vaccine. To date, there have been 43 Gardasil-related deaths.

I asked the doctor if there were any known side-effects, any risks. And he said NO. I could have been one of those girls, and I didn't have a CHOICE.

Now, many doctors, scientists and government officials have chalked these up to coincidences. That may be true for some, but it can't be for all.

And no matter how many statistics I quote, the undisputed fact is that the long-term effects and effectiveness of the vaccine is still unknown, and yet they are trying to make it mandatory for girls as young as nine years old. There are so many unknown risks, that it doesn't seem worth it.

Here are a few more things you should know, not about the vaccine, but about the virus it prevents.

The virus is preventable through safe and smart sexual choices. It's interesting that so many people think that it's unrealistic to teach teens that abstinence is the best protection against sexually transmitted diseases. But if people opted for abstinence, then we wouldn't have this outrage against this vaccine, because we wouldn't need the vaccine.

Second, HPV can be detected through regular check-ups, which are recommended whether the vaccine has been administrated or not.

Third, a person can rid themselves of the HPV virus by adhering to a healthy diet.

So let me get this straight: a dangerous vaccine is being pushed on every young teen in America for a virus that can be detected, prevented, and healed by other means.

Now, I'm not downplaying the experiences of women who have had cervical cancer, and the pain of losing loved a one who has died from cervical cancer. But that still doesn't justify mass producing and administering a vaccine that has so many risks.

But you don't have to believe what I say. You can read this upsetting article from Maclean's, and it's already two years old.

You can read this more recent article from the Center of Disease Control.

You can watch this informative and well-researched video on YouTube, about the Gardasil vaccine, as well as the new flu vaccine.

And then there is this video, a personal account of a girl who was severely affected after receiving Gardasil.

Please click here to sign a petition asking the President and Congress to investigate the Gardasil vaccine risks.


I was mad about this more than a year ago (and I'm still mad), when I first discovered what could have happened to me, and what has happened to so many other girls, who had a choice and weren't told the risks. I didn't have a choice, I asked about the risks, and I was told there were none. Either the doctor was lying, or he didn't know the truth. Neither of these is acceptable.

You can choose the vaccine. You can choose a lifestyle where you won't need the vaccine. You can choose to believe me. You can choose to attack me for what I'm saying. But please choose to be informed about this.