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HPV vaccine controversy in Colombia continues#cdcwhistleblower#Columbia#HPV

January 13, 2015January 12, 2015 jlvranes Leave a comment

By Norma Erickson

Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia has become ground zero in the international debate over HPV vaccine safety, efficacy, and need. After the administration of the 2nd dose of Gardasil in local schools, beginning in March 2014, hundreds of young girls were admitted to the hospital with mysterious new medical conditions.

According to local sources, doctors who examined the girls and reported symptoms as possible adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine would often find manufacturer’s representatives in their office the next day trying to convince them otherwise.

The National Ministry of Health (Minsalud) initially put forth several theories to explain the symptoms of over 700 girls including mass hysteria, illicit drug use, and even the excessive use of Ouija boards. They even went so far as to enlist the services of Nobel Prize nominee, Dr. Nubia Muñoz Calero, to help ease the tension. (read more here.) Her message was basically that it would be a mistake to halt the current school-based HPV vaccination programs in Colombia.

Apparently parents of those affected, many doctors who personally examined the girls, at least one judge, and Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez do not necessarily agree.

Inspector General responds to Gardasil injury controversy

According to a December 5, 2014 report on Caracol Radio, Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez issued a circular addressed to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the National Institute of Health, and several other organizations asking that priority be given to ensuring the right to health of those with new medical conditions after Gardasil. He also requested further monitoring and timely comprehensive treatment to girls who were apparently affected by the HPV vaccine.

In addition, he asked the National Institute of Health and other responsible parties to disclose the technical and scientific studies relating to HPV vaccine safety and approval for use in Colombia along with all details regarding the guidelines for the management of Gardasil doses from manufacture through administration.

He also asked for plans to develop plans to implement and strengthen the epidemiological reporting of cases of suspected adverse reactions as well as plans to review and upgrade the rules ensuring rigor in the process of vaccine approvals and to establish communication strategies to make certain health policies in Colombia are developed and implemented in a manner guaranteed to ensure the public’s right to health, control of preventable diseases, and welfare of the entire population.

Judicial system protects those with new medical conditions after Gardasil

15 December 2014: Attorney Monica Leon Del Rio, representing several Colombian girls experiencing new medical conditions after the administration of Gardasil, reported that Honorable Magistrate Dr. Hirina Meza issued a provisional decree in favor of ten girls from Carmen de Bolivar.

This decree orders EPPS-S Mutual, the Secretary of Health in the municipality of Carmen de Bolivar, the Secretary of Health Bolivar Department, and the Ministry of Health to imediately organize complementary and coordinated actions necessary to effectively dispense to the child plaintiffs treatments integral to those who are disabled guaranteeing the supply of medicines, procedures and services, including any and all required treatments regardless of whether or not the costs incurred are covered in the patient’s current health insurance program or the Public Health Plan (POS).

The Honorable Magistrate also ordered Dr. Juan Manuel Anaya, immunologist and Director of the Center for the Study of Autoimmune Diseases, to examine the plaintiffs and report on the following aspects of their cases:

Any relationship between the plaintiffs’ current disability and the administration of Human Papillomavirus vaccine, pointing out whether or not evidence of a causal relationship exists;
Any medications that exhibit similar consequences which may have been administered to the plaintiffs;
Any other potential causes of the disabilities currently exhibited by the plaintiffs;
And to inform the Court of everything in relation to the issues above and/or pertinent to the order of protection being issued by the Court.

This decision in favor of 10 young Colombian girls suffering mysterious new medical conditions after the administration of Gardasil comes a few short weeks after a similar landmark decision issued in favor of a survivor of Gardasil and her newborn daughter, also represented by Attorney Monica Leon Del Rio. on 14 November 2014. (Read more here.)

National Institute of Health adds insult to injuries

According to a January 6, 2015 report on Elheraldo.co, parents of injured girls in Carmen de Bolivar were outraged when the Colombian National Institute of Health (INS) ’leaked’ the final report on their ’scientific investigation’ into the epidemic of new medical conditions occurring after the administration of the second dose of Gardasil.

According to this ’leaked’ report none of the symptoms experienced by the girls are related to the administration of Gardasil. This report specifically stated the children did not have ’organic disorders’ or neurological diagnosis, or other diagnosed conditions so obviously they do not suffer from any physical illness.

The institute stated all doses applied in Carmen de Bolivar were from the same manufacturer, the same batch and that all cold chain transportation requirements were followed, so nothing could have affected the vaccine composition.

After many lengthy explanations, the report came to the conclusion the cases are due to ’episodes of psychogenic cause,’ due to the minor’s fear of being sick, augmented by the media attention on the events and lack of an identified cause.

According to Attorney Monica Leon Del Rio, this ’conclusion’ ignores evidence presented at a December 11 meeting presided over by Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria where Immunologist, Dr. Anaya, presented evidence of a causal relationship between the symptoms of 3 girls and the administration of Gardasil. She questions why Health Minister Gaviria did not order the National Institutes of Health to perform tests similar to those done by Dr. Anaya when establishing the possibility of demyelinating disorders being linked to Gardasil administration.

Why did Minister Gaviria allow the INS to simply examine paperwork, look for other causes, ignore Gardasil as a possible link and issue the conclusion of ’mass hysteria/psychogenic illness’?

Parents of HPV vaccine survivors outraged

More than 700 young girls suffered new medical conditions in Carmen de Bolivar after the administration of Gardasil. Their parents are outraged by the report issued by NIH.

Professor Hector Miranda, leader of one of the two parent’s associations created to defend their children’s fundamental right to life and health, stated,

“This was not the Ouija board, nor witchcraft, or pudding pot, or polluted water, everything is for the vaccine, that is proven with other girls from other parts of the world who suffered the same symptomatology”

Monica Leon Del Rio is no stranger to the HPV vaccine controversy. She is the mother of a young woman who experienced paralysis and various medical dysfunctions after the administration of HPV vaccine in January 2013. She is currently representing at least 50 other girls from El Carmen de Bolivar who are exhibiting new medical conditions after using HPV vaccines. Her mission is to ensure survivors of HPV vaccinations receive proper medical diagnosis and treatment.

According to a report in Colombia Reports, Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez is a polarizing figure in Colombia. He has risen through the ranks of Colombian politics to a position of great power, all the while guided by an unyielding moral vision that has made him a righteous crusader to some; a dangerous zealot to many others.

Perhaps Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez and Attorney Monica Leon Del Rio are just what the parents of Carmen de Bolivar need to obtain justice for their children.

Read or print this article in Spanish here.

The SaneVax team would like to thank Alicia Capillia (AAVP) and Mario Lamo for kindly providing the translation of this document. Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated.

This article in it’s entirety is compliments of www.SaneVax.org

HPV Vaccines: SaneVax Message to Colombia#Family#Columbia#HPV

December 22, 2014December 19, 2014 jlvranes Leave a comment

By Norma Erickson

Attorney Monica Leon Del Rio is currently representing several Colombian girls who are experiencing new medical conditions after the administration of Gardasil. She recently invited me to speak to a group of esteemed public health officials, government representatives and medical people in Colombia to explain why the SaneVax team does not support HPV vaccination programs.Just prior to the time I was to address the meeting, the international conference call was disconnected. Despite multiple attempts to re-establish the connection I was not able to speak as scheduled.

Therefore, my intended message to Colombia is as follows:

SaneVax is an international non-profit organization working with representatives in over 25 countries, all of whom are concerned about HPV vaccines. The SaneVax team believes vaccines should meet four common sense criteria prior to their inclusion in mass vaccination programs. We believe they should be scientifically proven safe, affordable, necessary and effective prior to government approval.

The SaneVax Team cannot support HPV vaccination programs for many reasons.

#1 HPV VACCINES ARE NOT PROVEN SAFE

There are over 80 vaccines approved for use in the United States. HPV vaccines account for nearly 25% of the entire Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database. This is particularly disturbing because the VAERS system was established in 1990 and HPV vaccines were not introduced until mid-2006.
VAERS reports of ADEM have increased over 1,000% since the introduction of HPV vaccines; infertility reports increased 790%, reports of blindness increased 188%, and spontaneous abortions by 270%.
According to documents submitted to the Supreme Court in India, when 24,000 girls were injected with HPV vaccines during ‘demonstration projects’ an estimated 5% (1200) were left with chronic health problems and/or autoimmune disorders.
Japan withdrew the government recommendation for the administration of HPV vaccines after only 6 weeks when reports of adverse events after Gardasil were 26 times higher than the annual flu shot; reports after Cervarix were 52 times higher than the annual flu shot. 24.9% of the adverse events reported were considered serious.
Denmark reports that 24% of the adverse events reported after HPV vaccinations were considered serious.
Italy reports adverse events after HPV vaccines at a rate of 219/100,000 – ten times higher than most other vaccines administered in Italy. The cervical cancer rate in Italy is 7.7/100,000.

#2 HPV VACCINES ARE NOT AFFORDABLE

HPV vaccination programs do not eliminate the need for pap screening, they simply add the price of 3 injections to already overburdened healthcare systems around the globe.
There is an already proven safe and effective method of controlling cervical cancer in most developed countries – pap screening and good gynecological follow-up. Countries without this practice in place would be money ahead to spend their healthcare budget developing the infrastructure to provide this type of care.
Cervical cancer causes 2.3 deaths/100,000 women in the United States. The cost of 3 doses of HPV vaccine for 100,000 women is an estimated $30,000,000 ($100/dose) to try and eliminate less than 3 deaths which could have been avoided with pap screening and good gynecological follow-up. How many medical professionals could be trained and/or medical facilities built with that same 30 million dollars?

#3 HPV VACCINES ARE NOT NECESSARY

The human papillomavirus has never been proven to cause cancer by itself. Other risk factors must also be present in order to prompt the development of cancer.
According to the World Health Organization, only 0.15% of all people exposed to any high-risk strain of HPV will ever develop cervical cancer. The vast majority of HPV ‘infections’ are benign and cause no medical problem whatsoever.
HPV type prevalence varies greatly from one region to the next. Are the HPV types targeted by current vaccines the same ones prevalent in your country?
There is no excuse for exposing the female population of the world to the risks involved with HPV vaccination when there is an already proven safe, affordable, necessary and effective means of controlling cervical cancer.

#4 HPV VACCINES ARE NOT PROVEN EFFECTIVE

According to the World Health Organization, only 1% of CIN1 progresses to the next stage, only 1.5% of CIN2 progresses. Only 12% of CIN3 lesions, which are actually considered a pre-cursor to cancer. Nevertheless, the FDA allowed the manufacturers of HPV vaccines to use these often self-reversing abnormal lesions as endpoints to judge the efficacy of their products.
The other endpoint used to predict efficacy was antibody titers. No one has determined what level of antibodies is necessary to prevent HPV infections. It is simply assumed that the higher the antibody titer level, the better the potential protection.
HPV vaccines have not been clinically proven to prevent a single case of cancer.
There is no guarantee that eliminating one risk factor for the development of cervical cancer will have any impact on the disease incidence or mortality rate.
It will take more than 20 years to determine whether or not HPV vaccines perform as advertised.
There is no guarantee that any suppressed oncogenic HPV type will not mutate over the next 20 years and become more dangerous.

I would respectfully submit that all of these facts should be taken into consideration when evaluating the HPV vaccination program in Colombia.

Please consider every new medical condition following HPV vaccine administration to be a potential adverse event. Thorough investigations are the only way to determine the safety profile of HPV vaccines in your country.

Please take action to protect your future generation.

Halt the current HPV vaccination program until you have determined whether or not HPV vaccines are a good addition to your cervical cancer prevention program.

You must answer the question – Are HPV vaccines Safe, Affordable, Necessary and Effective in Colombia?

a abogada Mónica León Del Rio actualmente representa a varias niñas colombianas que están experimentando nuevas afecciones médicas después de la administración de Gardasil. Ella hace poco me invitó a hablar a un grupo de funcionarios de salud pública, representantes gubernamentales y personal médico en Colombia para explicar por qué el equipo SaneVax no respalda los programas de vacunación contra el VPH.Justo antes de mi participación en la conferencia internacional, se desconectó la llamada. A pesar de múltiples intentos para restablecer la conexión no pude hacer mi presentación.

Por lo tanto, mi mensaje destinado a Colombia es el siguiente:

SaneVax es una organización internacional sin ánimo de lucro que trabaja con representantes en más de 25 países, todos los cuales están preocupados acerca de las vacunas contra el VPH. El equipo SaneVax cree que las vacunas deben cumplir con 4 criterios de sentido común antes de incluirse en los programas de vacunación masiva. Creemos que deben ser demostrados científicamente que son seguras, asequibles, necesarias y eficaces antes de ser aprobadas por el gobierno.

El Equipo SaneVax no puede apoyar los programas de vacunación contra el VPH por muchas razones.

#1 No se ha demostrado que las vacunas contra el VPH sean SEGURAS

Hay más de 80 vacunas aprobadas para su uso en los Estados Unidos. Las vacunas contra el VPH representan casi el 25% de toda la base de datos de Eventos Adversos de Vacunas (VAERS). Esto es especialmente preocupante porque el sistema VAERS se estableció en 1990 y vacunas contra el VPH no se introdujeron hasta mediados de 2006.
VAERS informa que los casos de Encefalitis Aguda Diseminada se han incrementado en un 1.000% desde la introducción de vacunas contra el VPH; los informes de infertilidad se incrementaron 790%, los casos de ceguera aumentaron 188%, y los abortos espontáneos por 270%.
De acuerdo con los documentos presentados a la Corte Suprema de la India, cuando 24.000 niñas fueron inyectadas con vacunas contra el VPH durante los “proyectos de demostración”, se estima que un 5% (1.200) quedaron con problemas de salud crónicos y / o trastornos autoinmunes.
Japón retiró la recomendación del gobierno para la administración de las vacunas contra el VPH después de sólo 6 semanas, cuando los informes de eventos adversos después de la aplicación del Gardasil eran 26 veces más altos que los de la vacuna anual contra la gripe; los informes de eventos adversos después de la aplicación de Cervarix fueron 52 veces más altos que los de la vacuna anual contra la gripe. El 24,9% de los eventos adversos informados fueron considerados graves.
Dinamarca informa que se consideran graves un 24% de los eventos adversos informados después de la vacunación contra el VPH.
Italia informa de los eventos adversos después de la aplicación de las vacunas contra el VPH a una tasa del 219/100 000 – diez veces más alta que la mayoría de las vacunas administradas en Italia. La tasa de cáncer de cuello uterino en Italia es de 7,7 / 100.000.

#2 Las vacunas contra el VPH NO SON ADSEQUIBLES

Los programas de vacunación contra el VPH no eliminan la necesidad de las pruebas de detección de Papanicolaou (citología vaginal), inclusive hay que añadir el precio de 3 inyecciones que se sobrecargan a los sistemas sanitarios de todo el mundo.
La detección mediante la prueba de citología vagina (prueba de Papanicolaou) es un método seguro y eficaz ya probado para controlar el cáncer cervical en los países más desarrollados incluyendo el buen seguimiento ginecológico.
El cáncer cervical provoca 2,3 muertes / 100.000 mujeres en los Estados Unidos. El costo de 3 dosis de la vacuna contra el VPH para 100.000 mujeres tiene un costo estimado de $ 30.000.000 ($ 100 / dosis) para tratar de eliminar menos de 3 muertes que podrían haberse evitado con la prueba de Papanicolaou y un buen seguimiento ginecológico. ¿Cuántos profesionales de la medicina podrían ser capacitados o cuántas instalaciones médicas se podrían construir con los mismos 30 millones de dólares?

#3 Las vacunas contra el VPH no son necesarias

El virus del papiloma humano nunca se ha demostrado que cause el cáncer por sí mismo. Otros factores de riesgo también deben estar presentes para facilitar el desarrollo del cáncer.
De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, sólo el 0,15% de todas las personas expuestas a cualquier cepa de alto riesgo de VPH desarrollarán cáncer cervical. La gran mayoría de los ”infecciones” por VPH son benignas y no causan ningún problema médico.
La prevalencia del tipo de VPH varía mucho de una región a otra. ¿Son los tipos de VPH que son el blanco de las vacunas actuales los mismos que prevalecen en su país?
No hay excusa para la exposición de la población femenina del mundo a los riesgos que implica la vacunación contra el VPH cuando ya hay métodos seguros, asequibles, necesarios y efectivos probados para el control del cáncer cervical.

#4 Las vacunas contra el VPH no tienen una eficacia demostrada

De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, sólo el 1% de Neoplasia Intraepitelial Cervical 1 (CIN1) avanza a la siguiente etapa CIN2 y de esta sólo el 1,5% progresa. Solo un 12% de las lesiones CIN3 son en verdad consideradas como precursoras del cáncer. Sin embargo, la FDA permitió a los fabricantes de vacunas contra el VPH utilizar estas lesiones anormales que a menudo se curan por sí mismas como criterios para juzgar la eficacia de la vacuna.
El otro criterio de valoración utilizado para predecir la eficacia fueron las medidas de anticuerpos. Nadie ha determinado cuál es el nivel de anticuerpos necesario para prevenir las infecciones por VPH. Simplemente se supone que el nivel más alto de anticuerpos es potencialmente mejor.
No se ha demostrado clínicamente que ninguna vacuna contra el VPH prevenga un solo caso de cáncer.
No hay garantía de que la eliminación de un factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de cáncer de cuello uterino (infección por VPH) tendrá impactos sobre la incidencia de la enfermedad o tasa de mortalidad.
Tardará más de 20 años para determinarse si las vacunas contra el VPH funcionan o no como se anuncia.
No hay garantía de que cualquier tipo de VPH oncogénico suprimido por la vacuna no va a mutar en los próximos 20 años y ser más peligroso.

Me permito pedir respetuosamente que todos estos hechos sean tenidos en cuenta al evaluar el programa de vacunación contra el VPH en Colombia.

Por favor consideren que cada nuevo caso de anormalidad médica luego de la administración de la vacuna contra el VPH puede ser un evento adverso a la misma. Las investigaciones exhaustivas son la única manera de determinar el perfil de seguridad de las vacunas contra el VPH en su país.

Por favor, tomen medidas para proteger sus generaciones futuras.

Detengan el programa de vacunación contra el VPH actual hasta que se haya determinado si las vacunas contra el VPH son una buena adición al programa de prevención de cáncer de cuello uterino.

Deben responder a la pregunta – ¿Son las vacunas contra el VPH seguras, asequibles, necesarias y eficaces en Colombia?

This article in it’s entirety, is compliments of www.SaneVax.org

Warning: Gardasil injuries can have a permanent impact#retweet#Vaccines#HPV

December 11, 2014December 10, 2014 jlvranes Leave a comment

By Annette, Melbourne, Australia

I write our daughter’s story to give you an idea of the permanent impact Gardasil injuries can have on a young girl’s life. My daughter has battled her injuries for over 5.5 years. Thank you for taking the time to read her story.

Before our girl got sick she was a high achieving student, an active member of the Student Leadership Council, a Scouts girl and a fantastic field hockey player. She got sick after receiving 2 Gardasil vaccinations in the beginning of 2009.

She has a Vaccine Injury and has officially been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME, Hypotension (low blood pressure) and Tachycardia (high heart rate when standing up, to pump blood to brain), also called POTS.

At the moment, she still suffers from (extreme) fatigue on a daily basis, headaches (especially end of the day), her hands are sore with nerve pain and she lives with daily joint and muscle pain. Her ears pop every time she swallows and she has trouble hearing. She has difficulty concentrating when there is noise around her. Her feet are always cold but she doesn’t feel it. And that isn’t all of it…

Her days vary; one good day doesn’t mean the next will be ok. One good week doesn’t mean the next week might be better. Sometimes her symptoms come on quickly. A severe headache can appear in a couple of minutes.

In the last 5.5 years our daughter also had to deal with fatigue that made her a couple of times lay in bed fulltime for (6) months in a row, a constant (excruciating) headache that lasted 2.5 years (!), sore throats, swollen glands, chest pains, dizziness with black outs, weakness in her legs making it unable to walk without assistance, abdominal pain, muscle pain, brain fog, trouble concentrating and short term memory and gastro-intestinal problems. She picked up every bug that was around and had high temperatures about every 4-5 weeks.

After 2.5 years of being sick (and no doctor or specialist knowing what to do to help her) our daughter deteriorated so much that we almost lost her (mid 2011), she was too weak to talk, or even eat and drink. Her body was so toxic that her organs were shutting down. For months we were afraid to go into her room in the morning….

Neuro training, brain training, osteopathy, detoxing, a strict diet, supplements and more alternative treatments all helped to improve her health.

We have seen great results; she has had a couple of fantastic months…. until a relapse happens. We have also seen her deteriorate very quickly to being fulltime in bed again around September/October in the last three years. Each time this happens it is hard to get healthier again.

Because of being sick our girl missed about 3 years of her schooling. She wants to be at school but her body doesn’t always let her, which is very disappointing every time it happens. There are many times she needs to spend all her energy on catching up with school work. Through all of this she still wants to finish high school with year 12 and study at a University (she is interested in Political Science).

Next to missing out at school she struggles with her social life. She is lucky to have a couple of friends that have stood by her from the time she got sick, but a lot of people don’t understand. She always worries if people will understand her limits, when she isn’t able to stay in touch because she is just too exhausted or when she needs to cancel last minute. She is now 18 and still can’t do sport or a hobby next to (part time) school. She is not able to get a regular job to make some money like most of her peers.

Besides the physical illness, the stress of not knowing if she would ever get better, of not having a “normal” life, of disappointment after disappointment, of people not believing you, has been enormous, not only for her, but also for her younger sister, my husband and I. Gardasil changed our lives completely, we have learned to appreciate the little things in life.

We are very proud of our daughter and admire her way of handling all the challenges in her life. She has become mature very quickly in certain ways, but she has missed out on lots of experiences as well. We still fight hard to make her health improve more, we hope she will stay good for longer than a couple of months and keep our fingers crossed she will be able to accomplish everything she is dreaming of…

Through sharing our daughter’s story I hope that people research before they say yes to the unnecessary Gardasil vaccine. We trusted the system and thought we did the right thing, but the system has failed us.

Nobody wants to take the responsibility when this happens to your child. This “one solution fits all” system needs to change.

Please go to www.sanevax.org, or the Facebook groups set up for families injured by HPV vaccines. Do some research before you decide if Gardasil is a good choice.

This article in it’s entirety, is compliments of www.SaneVax.org

Annette, I feel at a loss for words after reading the enduring trial you, your daughter, and family are living. I ache for the lack of attention, and support for your family.

It’s ludicrous to have millions poured into marketing these girls, on their favorite channels, at school, and so forth, and then silence when they are injured by the Gardasil/Cervarix vaccines. It’s a tragedy, and I hope, and pray that your silence is lifted, and you are received by loving arms of those who know what to do in these circumstances.

You have proven strong, and dedicated, and I Know that many will receive guidance, and warning through your words.

I am grateful that you have found the kind, and educated folks at SaneVax Inc. They will have good advice, and I as well have a link to doctors that are experienced in this area. Distance in most cases is not an issue. Here is the link to my, Featured Doctors.

I know as you trust in your Father in Heaven, he will continue to guide, and bless you.

I have little to give, but here is a musical gift that I hope you enjoy, and find some respite at this time. Your friend in truth, jen.

HPV Vaccination Program in Colombia: Undermining the Truth?#Family#Vaccines#Columbia

November 28, 2014November 25, 2014 jlvranes Leave a comment

By Norma Erickson

Hundreds of young women in Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia ended up in hospitals since the administration of the second dose of Gardasil beginning in schools on March 20, 2014. Local newspapers report as many as 700 girls being sent to emergency rooms after receiving Gardasil over the last few months.

According to a local school teacher:

The girls in Carmen de Bolivar received their first dose of Gardasil in July 2013, after which reported reactions were similar to other vaccines (redness, swelling, pain at the injection site, etc…). The second dose was administered on the 20^th of March 2014. Several girls reacted immediately and much more severely, reporting dizziness, syncope, and severe headaches. By May 29th to the 30^th, the situation had turned into a full-blown crisis with scores of girls being admitted to local emergency room facilities to be treated for fainting, shortness of breath, weakness in the limbs etc…

No one seems to know what instigated this epidemic number of hospital visits. Government health officials emphatically denied that Gardasil could be causing the extraordinary number of new medical conditions. Instead, they put forth theories such as lead poisoning, mass hysteria and even too much Ouija board use.

Parents of the affected girls did not agree with any of these theories. They knew the only thing that had recently changed in their daughters’ life was the administration of the second dose of the HPV vaccine, Gardasil.

Hundreds of parents took to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand investigations; others burned tires in protest, blocking a main road connecting a coastal town with the interior. For the first time in the history of Colombia, perhaps the world, parents launched massive public protests over the administration of a vaccine that is apparently making people sick instead of protecting them. (read more)

Parents of affected children suspected Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria of being less than truthful, being misinformed, or simply protecting special interest groups supporting the use of Gardasil and they were not shy about stating their suspicions in any public forum they could gain access to.

Health Minister Gaviria accused media representatives of contributing to the creation of an epidemic of ’mass hysteria’ and publicly requested journalists and media personnel to exercise ’more responsible journalism.’

Enter Nobel-prize nominee, Dr. Nubia Muñoz Calero

Sunday, October 5, 2014, Alda Mera, reporter for El Pais, published an article titled, The HPV vaccine saves lives, Nubia Muñoz Calero. Reporter Alda Mera apparently thought there was no one better to allay the fears of Colombian parents than an epidemiologist who had been born, raised and educated in Colombia, who had participated in cancer research for more than 30 years and been nominated to receive a Nobel Prize for her work. This medical scientist was Dr. Nubia Muñoz Calero. (read her biography here)

Unfortunately, the article published as a result of reporter Alda Mera’s interview with Dr. Nubia Muñoz Calero continues to market HPV vaccines via fear, not facts.

Please examine the statements from Alda’s article below when compared with documented factual information:

According to Dr. Muñoz Calero, when asked if Colombia understands the importance of her discovery that HPV causes cervical cancer, the good doctor states, ”I am not the inventor of (HPV) vaccines, pharmaceutical companies developed them. I have no commercial interest in them.”

FACT: What Dr. Muñoz Calero fails to mention is that she is a member of the Merck HPV Global Advisory Board. This may not be what one would technically call a commercial interest. However, it does constitute a substantial conflict of interest when one is being portrayed as an independent scientific expert. (verify here) Why did Reporter Alda Mera not disclose this information?

According to Dr. Muñoz Calero, her contribution was to demonstrate with well-planned epidemiological studies that the human papillomavirus is the main and necessary cause of cervical cancer.

FACT: Epidemiological studies never prove causation. They cannot prove that a specific risk factor actually causes the disease being studied. Epidemiological evidence can only show that this risk factor is associated (correlated) with a higher incidence of disease in the population exposed to that risk factor. The higher the correlation the more certain the association, but an epidemiological study cannot prove causation. (verify here)

It is also important to note that papers published prior to FDA approval of Gardasil refer to HPV as being ’associated with’ the development of cervical cancer. It was only after FDA approval of Gardasil that ’scientific’ papers began to refer to human papillomavirus as being ’causally associated’ with the development of cervical cancer. This phrase soon morphed into HPV being ’the main and necessary cause’ of cervical cancer. (verify here, in Dr. Muñoz Calero’s own published paper – simply scroll through the referenced papers and look at their dates of publication.)

According to Dr. Muñoz Calero, she had helped identify the two types of HPV (human papillomavirus) responsible for 70% of cervical cancer.

FACT: What the esteemed doctor failed to mention is the fact that the two types identified may not be the prevalent types in the Colombian population. If HPV 16/18 are not the prevalent types in Colombian women, any effect Gardasil may have on the prevalence of cervical cancer in her country would diminish substantially. (verify here)

According to Dr. Muñoz Calero, when asked about the safety demonstrated during the clinical trials of Gardasil, she stated, ”As an intramuscular injection (Gardasil) produces some pain in 80% of girls, heat and redness in the arm. A small percentage have headaches and fevers, 10% for maybe one or two days. But these 40,000 women (who participated in clinical trials) did not suffer syncope, fainting, or diseases that (are) now blamed on the vaccine.

FACT: According to documentation presented to the FDA prior to Gardasil approval in the United States, 73.3% of clinical trial participants who received Gardasil reported new medical conditions after vaccine administration. It is interesting to note that 76.3% of those who received the so-called ’placebo’ also reported new medical conditions after injection. The problem here is that the ’placebo’ used was not an inert substance – it consisted of the brand new (not safety tested) proprietary aluminum adjuvant Merck developed for use in Gardasil and a ’carrier’ solution with undisclosed ingredients. The only thing these clinical trials proved was that Gardasil was no less dangerous than the adjuvant used in Gardasil. Many of the new medical conditions reported during clinical trials are the same ones being reported around the world after Gardasil administration. (verify here) (list of reported new medical conditions from clinical trials here)

According to Dr. Muñoz Calero, when asked whether Gardasil had been rushed to market, stated that the laboratories created the first human papillomavirus vaccine at the end of the 90’s, and began phase I and II clinical trials before 2000.

FACT: Merck’s development program for the HPV quadrivalent vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer was granted fast track designation in 2002. Merck initiated phase 3 clinical trials of the HPV quadrivalent vaccine in 2002. (verify here) This fast track designation was granted despite the fact that Merck’s proposed vaccine did not meet any of the criteria required for fast track approval. (verify here)

According to Dr. Muñoz Calero, when asked about the adverse reactions being reported in Colombia, says she does not know in detail what is happening in Carmen de Bolivar because she does not live in the country; but based on what she’s read and been told by colleagues….200,000 million doses have been distributed (not necessarily administered) in the world. WHO, PAHO, FDA and EMA say that Gardasil is safe and there is no scientific evidence showing (that it) triggers autoimmune diseases (Guillán-Barre syndrome, multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis).

FACT: There may be no concrete scientific proof that HPV vaccines are triggering and/or causing the adverse events being reported in every country where they are administered. However, there is also no scientific proof that HPV vaccines are NOT causing these new medical conditions either. There is no such thing as an epidemic of coincidence.

The SaneVax team would like Dr. Muñoz Calero to explain why biologically plausible mechanisms of action that could explain new medical conditions occurring after the administration of HPV vaccines presented by scientists and medical researchers around the globe is not being investigated thoroughly by any of the alphabet organizations she mentions which all have vested interests in mass administration of one of the most expensive vaccines ever produced. (verify here and here)

Near the end of the interview, Dr. Muñoz Calero is asked if it would be a good idea to stop mass HPV vaccinations in Colombia until after investigations to determine which children are at risk for adverse reactions. She states:

No. It would be a mistake to stop the program. Countries that achieve the highest coverage are those with school-based programs. What I recommend is to increase education programs for physicians, media, and communities. Make them understand that this vaccine is the best weapon against cervical cancer.

Dr. Muñoz Calero, since when is it a mistake to apply the precautionary principle to the administration of a medical intervention of any kind?

Anyone with an ounce of compassion would be fighting to protect the continued health and well-being of the young girls in their native land; NOT fighting to preserve the uptake of a vaccine which might be responsible for epidemic numbers of health problems.

The new medical conditions occurring after Gardasil administration must be investigated thoroughly before any more young women are subjected to devastating potential risks in exchange for the highly debatable promise of a reward 20 years down the road.

The latest ’medical miracle’ can wait until after independent investigations determine it to be safe.

By the way, there is a huge difference between being ’anti-vaccine’ and supporting vaccine safety.

If a pharmaceutical company cannot market their products based on facts, they should not be allowed to market them at all!

This article in it’s entirety, is compliments of www.SaneVax.org

Gardasil Changed Our Definition of Normal#HPV#Android#Vaccines

November 24, 2014November 22, 2014 jlvranes Leave a comment

By Francine Pugliese, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nina is the youngest of my three children. I had no idea a trip to the pediatrician’s office for a checkup and one simple injection could change our lives so drastically. For the last seven years, our daughter has fought to regain some semblance of her normal life.

Spending long hours at the gym watching her play basketball and dreaming of sports scholarships have all been traded in for one simple wish, a pain free day for Nina. I continued to pray that, despite her daily illness, her childhood friends would still find Nina to be that funny, animated girl that could make anyone laugh.

Our story began in late May of 2007. I took Nina to the pediatrician for her 12-year-old checkup. During the visit the doctor recommended that I have her receive the first dose of Gardasil. I immediately told him that I was not well informed about this new vaccine. He reassured me that it was fine and better to get it while she was young. I trusted my doctor.

As we left the office, a strange feeling come over me. I started to question my decision to allow the doctor to administer a vaccine that was new to the industry. My daughter was 12 years old. What was the rush to protect her against a sexually transmitted disease? Maybe it was mother’s intuition, but I suddenly felt sick to my stomach.

Early Signs of Illness Post Gardasil

Less than a month later, early in July, Nina started complaining of her hair falling out. As a mother of three, I often play down any medical concerns my children have until I see a true problem. Nina is a beautiful Italian with long thick brown hair. I put her to ease by telling her that with her amount of hair it is common to see more of it in the shower or on the bathroom floor.

Over the next few weeks Nina started to complain of flu like symptoms. She would wake up very fatigued and nauseous. The symptoms were intermittent, but becoming more regular as the weeks passed.

I did start to notice an abundance of her hair on the bathroom floor. I was becoming concerned.

By August, her complaints were more severe, so I took her to the local Med Express. They told me she was very dehydrated and administered IV fluids. Nina felt great afterwards. I was relieved.

Unfortunately, the next morning the symptoms returned with a vengeance. She missed the first week of the new school year.

The following week I started driving her to school because she was too sick to get on the bus. The school was only five minutes away but by the time we got there she was already too sick to get out of the car.

At first I thought maybe she was having some type of anxiety about starting seventh grade, but that did not make sense to me. Nina had always been a very active child who was constantly laughing and playing with friends. Her relentless love of basketball kept her on the go most of the time. She played on three different teams. School had never been a problem for Nina.

A Mother’s Intuition

She tried to muddle her way through the first semester of school, but was losing the battle. She was becoming ill at all times of the day. She would sleep on the bathroom floor hoping not to vomit one more time.

I made repeated visits to the pediatrician’s office pleading with them to help our child. Questions were running through my head constantly. Why did she become so ill so suddenly? What could have possibly happened? What had she been exposed to that could have caused her mysterious symptoms?

Then I remembered my mother’s intuition moment and realized our world began to change after the Gardasil vaccine.

Her pediatrician was in agreement, we would not proceed with the second dose of the vaccine due to Nina’s illness.

Searching for Help

The next year was filled with illness, doctor’s appointments, diagnostic tests, multiple medications, multiple diagnoses, and many, many disappointments. We were told she was suffering from, Vestibular hypo function, Meniere’s disease, tonsillitis, and last but not least, a mental illness.

My husband and I were baffled. No matter what medicine the doctors prescribed for our daughter, her illness continued to invade her body turning our world upside down.

We finally caved in and took her to see a psychologist. The psychologist commended Nina for dealing with this confusing illness in such an adult manner. She reassured us that Nina seemed well adjusted and saw no reason for any type of treatment.

How could our healthy child who played basketball 24/7 and aspired to play basketball in college dwindle down to a chronically sick child who was now on homebound study without a social life? Most of her friends had drifted away. Her illness seemed invisible to them. There were no visible signs, such as bruises, broken bones, or blood spouting from an artery.

After nearly two years, we decided the traditional medical community was not helping. Perhaps a naturopathic route could. We were told it was coming form an adrenal problem and were given vitamins, detoxifying footbaths, and massage therapy know as Reiki. All were complementary, but did not give her any long-term relief.

Time marched on. In April of 2009, we stumbled across the television show Mystery Diagnosis. This particular episode described Nina’s symptoms in remarkable detail. It was the first time I had ever heard the word Dysautonomia.

I immediately went to the internet to research this illness and people who could diagnose and treat it just in case that was what my daughter suffered from.

I found no specialists in the Pittsburgh area, so called every specialist within the United States. I then faxed all of Nina’s medical information to their offices. We took the first available appointment from the first specialist to return our call.

Finally a Diagnosis: Dysautonomia

Dr. Hassan Abdallah at The Children’s Heart Institute in Reston, Virginia finally diagnosed Nina with Dysautonomia. As sad as it may sound, we were delighted to finally have a name for her illness. The pieces of the puzzle were starting to come together.

Dr. Abdallah started her on blood pressure medication, followed by a vasoconstrictor medicine, followed by a medicine used for people with Attention Deficit Disorder. These medicines all help push more blood to the heart and brain, thus making her illness less violent.

Typically, people with Dysautonomia do not perform well in the morning. It takes hours for their bodies to function and begin their day. Even though we had a diagnosis for Nina, we still could not get her back to functioning like a teenager.

We continued our battle by getting a second and third opinion from the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Medical Center. It was at Case Western that a doctor finally admitted that they had seen an increase in Dysautonomia since the Gardasil vaccine was introduced.

In addition to her prescribed medications, Nina takes melatonin to sleep at night. She constantly has issues with low Vitamin D, which requires a prescription dose of the vitamin periodically. She takes an anti-nausea medicine as needed. She has recently been diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), insulin resistance, and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). She also takes multiple vitamins and natural supplements daily to promote a homeostasis in her body. Her medication routine starts at 7am, continues every three hours, for a total of four prescription medications (14 pills daily), and seven natural supplements (11 pills daily)…

She combats all this by pushing herself to exercise with a trainer who specializes in strength and heart rate monitoring.

Last December, Nina had a procedure performed by Dr. Michael Arata called Transvascular Autonomic Modulation. It is much like angioplasty, but investigates the veins instead of arteries.

It is believed that by looking for venous compression and inflating a balloon at the superior portion of the jugular vein, one will reset the autonomic nervous system. It has proven successful, but turning back the clock of a chronic illness takes time and a lot of life style changes. Nina is still a work in progress.

Seven Years of Post Gardasil Nightmare

Nina was on the homebound program for high school. She never got to play on her high school basketball team. She never got to attend any proms.

Regardless of the adversity she faces, she managed to graduate with a 4.0 GPA and now attends the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg as a full time student.

She struggles through each and every day with the perseverance of a soldier. Her strength, integrity, and relentless desire to live her dreams inspire everyone who has the pleasure of knowing her.

The light at the end of the tunnel is that most people with Dysautonomia will out-grow it. The doctors agree that Nina’s case is severe and it may be much longer before she gets relief from most symptoms.

Questions I have about Gardasil

I have researched Gardasil for a long time and still have these questions:

Why was Gardasil developed when 90% of all HPV infections clear on their own, without symptoms?
Why would the FDA place a vaccine on their fast track program (which means it only requires six months of research) if this vaccine was being administered to little girls?
Why was fast-track approval granted when an already safe and proven effective means of controlling cervical cancer is available in the United States?
Why do government health officials constantly ignore the facts posted on websites such as SaneVax Inc.?
Do medical professionals truly believe all of the girls with new medical conditions after Gardasil are just complainers and really don’t want to have a normal life?

Lessons We Learned From Gardasil

Gardasil taught our family some valuable lessons.

First, never think your doctor knows everything. They are human. They work for you. If you have questions, never stop asking until you are satisfied. Always trust your gut feelings or mother’s intuition.

Never judge a person with an invisible illness. Everybody carries some type of a burden in his or her life.

We are better people because of this illness. We no longer take life for granted. Lastly and most important, we trust God has a plan and we will continue the battle until his will be done.

This article in it’s entirety, is compliments of www.SaneVax.org

Francine, and Nina, I am so impressed with the fortitude, and faith you both carry. Thank you, thank you for sharing your light, and story, This will undoubtedly help many other girls, and their families.

I am so glad that you have found SaneVax as well. They have a wealth of information, including health practitioners with experience treating the effects of Gardasil/Cervarix.

Here is a little musical gift. I hope you enjoy, and all the best! jen

Cervarix survivors in the Czech Republic#HPV#Vaccines#Android

November 18, 2014November 17, 2014 jlvranes Leave a comment

Marcela Jandova, Liberec, Czech Republic

I come from the Czech Republic. We have to purchase HPV vaccines privately as this is not a mandatory vaccine in this country yet. When I was about 15 years old there was a tempting discount on the Cervarix vaccine in our country. There were plenty of leaflets lying around in doctors‘ surgeries promoting the vaccine to protect against cervical cancer. My mother believed that this was a good vaccine to get to protect me from cervical cancer later in life.

Before having this vaccine I was in good health. I did not have any allergies and did not use antibiotics. After the third dose I started experiencing symptoms such as fainting, stiff neck, terrible migraines and allergies. I have been using antibiotics very often from this moment on.

My eyes became sensitive to light and my vision was blurred. I had to be excused from school on a regular basis because I was nauseous and dizzy. I had to take strong medication to ease the discomfort and terrible migraines. Even today I still get exhausted quickly and have to rest often. My migraines were so strong at times that I was crying from such pain.

It was a strange migraine because at times I was unable to see properly as everything was blurred. It felt like when you look into the sun or a light bulb and then you cannot see much. It lasted for about 10 minutes then I had strange sounds in my ears and a big migraine followed shortly afterwards. It made my studying complicated because when this happened during an examination I could not see the written text properly and subsequently failed exams. Nobody believed me that my vision was blurred during those exams.

Nobody knew what was wrong with me. I was treated by doctors for migraines. I was being seen by a neurologist regularly until I was 18. The tests came back normal but I was still suffering. Nobody would blame the vaccine at the time.

I had to undergo physiotherapy for my stiff neck. It is getting better now as it has been 6 years since I had the vaccines.

I still get the odd migraines and this has affected my ability to play the piano and drive. I feel safer if someone is sitting next to me in the car so we could swap if I feel dizzy.

After reading more stories relating to HPV vaccines I find myself to be one of the victims. I hope that I will not suffer from more side effects such as possible infertility or cervical cancer in the future.

Marcela, I am so sorry for this difficult time in your life. Thank you for sharing your story, so that others can find assistance, and courage at this time. You and Lucie are pioneers of discovery in the Czech Republic now. I know you have been guided at this time to find good healing, and comfort. The SaneVax.org team will be able to educate, and guide you in this area.

They have a great list of health practitioners that are experienced with your condition. Here is a link to the Featured Doctors on this site as well. I wish you all the best, and have full faith that you will come out on top.

I would like to send a little musical gift, this is a favorite group of mine. I thought you would enjoy, and appreciate some serious piano talent.

your friend, jen

Lucie B; Prague, Czech Republic

My name is Pavel and my daughter Lucie received 2 doses of the Cervarix HPV vaccine six years ago. I thought I was doing the right thing in having her immunised to protect her from cervical cancer. As this vaccine is not on the national programme as yet and hopefully never will be I had to pay for it privately and it was quite expensive.

After she received her second dose at age 16 she developed a high fever within 48 hours and a very strong headache. We called an ambulance that took her straight into hospital. The diagnosis by the doctors was encephalitis. She subsequently lost hearing in her right ear indefinitely.

Since then her immune system has been compromised. She seems to be catching every “bug” now and ends up with raised lymph nodes. It takes her a long time to recover from illnesses and she usually needs antibiotics. She has developed permanent migraines and dizziness.

I feel great guilt in causing her lifelong disability because of this vaccine. I cannot comment any further because I am still very upset about this incident.

Pavel, and Lucie, my heart aches for the extreme trial you have been faced with. You have probably come to find the small world amongst those who have been ravaged by the Cervarix, and Gardasil vaccines.

I am relieved to know that you are in contact with the www.SaneVax.org team. You have undoubtedly been led by a loving Father in Heaven that will guide you every step along the way as you rely on him. There are physicians that have been raised up at this time to help those who have been victimized by this drug. Distance is not a problem with many of them. You can find some here at my blog link, Featured Doctors as well as through the SaneVax team.

All the best with your work, and please take a minute to enjoy the following music. I hope it will lift your heart at this time.

your friend, jen

This article in it’s entirety, is compliments of www.SaneVax.org