Gardasil Vaccine Side Effects – Should We Be Concerned?

What is Gardasil?

Gardasil is a vaccination manufactured by the drug giant Merck, and is intended for girls ages 9 – 26 to “guard” against human papilloma virus (HPV) which is currently linked to an estimated 70% of all diagnoses of cervical cancer.  Guardasil prevents only the onset of HPV and must be administered to girls at a young age, before the onset of the virus.  Once the virus is detected the vaccine cannot protect against cervical cancer.

How Does The CDC Monitor Complaints Against Gardasil?

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has in place a three-step monitoring system for every vaccination certified for use by the agency.  It is a system of checks and balances to help find a problem or side effect caused by a vaccine that may have been missed during the testing period prior to certification.

The monitoring system includes:

1. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) – A public health system that helps the FDA and CDC identify possible problems with vaccines after they are administered.
2. The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Project – To detect any patterns in reports made to VAERS and their relation to the vaccination.
3. The Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Network – Conduct research on any side effects possibly related to the vaccine in question.

What Is There To Be Worried About with Gardasil?

In January of 2009 word got out that over 12,000 complaints about adverse medical reactions, and side effects of every nature, had been made to the CDC by individuals who had received the Gardasil vaccination.  Of the more than 12,000 reports to the CDC, 32 were about deaths allegedly caused directly or indirectly by the vaccination.  At this time more than 32,000,000 girls and young women ages 9 – 26 had received the Gardasil vaccination from their doctor.

This information may be correct, however it is simply raw data, argues the CDC.  Included in these figures is anyone who received the Gardasil vaccination and called the CDC with a complaint of a suspected adverse reaction with the injection.

Since January 1st of 2009 there has been a total of 11,916 reports made to VAERS about Gardasil by those who have been vaccinated.  Of the reports made 6% (or 715) of the reports have been considered to be “serious” in nature, meaning they involve hospitalization, death, permanent disability, and life-threatening illness

Every one of the serious reports about Gardasil that have been made to the CDC have been thoroughly investigated by medical staff, and there has been no pattern found to link the vaccine Gardasil to any of the serious side effects reported.

Some of the serious side effects reported by individuals to the CDC after being administered the Gardasil vaccine include:

• Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) – A rare disorder in 2 out of ever 100,000 teenagers which causes muscle weakness.

• Blod CLots

• Death

Even in death the CDC found no common thread that could link the death of any of the 32 young teens and women who died to the vaccine Gardasil.  Over 23,000,000 tennaged girls and young women have received the Gardasil vaccination as a prevention against cervical cancer, and 23 deaths have been reported by teenaged girls and young women after receiving the Gardasil vaccination.  That is the only thing that these deaths have in common, according to the CDC.  The type of death, and reason for death was different in each and every case.

*This information has been generated from several credible sources and is not intended to influence a decision for or against the Gardasil vaccine.  This article is stating the facts as they are known to the CDC and FDA at the time of publication.