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On 12/17/11, I received the following email from author Vicki
Noble. It is being reprinted with permission. I suggest you research this issue
further. Read the American Medical Association Report closely (listed at the
end), especially if you have kids that may be taking the vaccine Ms. Noble is
speaking about. The concern surrounds the ability of for-profit drug companies
having the power to legislate decisions.
More importantly, question the ability of a for-profit industry to
dictate what medical procedures we have, especially in the face of scant
evidence of efficiency within certain age groups.
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Vicki Noble writes:
On Thursday I stood in front of the Santa Cruz County School Board
and gave a short talk about a concern of mine. I thought you might appreciate
what I had to say about the recent bill signed into law by Jerry Brown that
takes away the parental consent needed in the past in order for children to
receive vaccinations. I don't know why Jerry Brown did this--surely he was
misled by the giant pharmaceutical company, Merck, who has aggressively
marketed the drug to our young girls (and now our young boys as well). I only
had three minutes to speak to the School Board, so my remarks were very
concise.
My talk at the School Board:
I am here today because I am alarmed over a rush to mandate vaccines for HPV
(human papillomavirus) for school age girls. Some states have already tried to
mandate the vaccine, although they have ended up postponing or allowing parents
to opt out. But in October, Jerry Brown signed into law AB499, a bill that
officially removes the requirement in California for parental consent in order
for the vaccine, Gardasil, to be administered to girls entering 6th grade or
turning 12 years of age. I'm worried about coercion of our minor children to
receive a drug that has not even been tested for this age group--the girls
themselves are the guinea pigs.
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the US and has been linked
with cervical cancer. Merck, the patent owner and producer of Gardasil, claims
the vaccine will prevent cervical cancer--thus, the rush toward mandatory
legislation, for which Merck heavily lobbied (making contributions to
legislators who voted in favor of the bill). But HPV rarely leads to cancer
(less than 3% of all infections) and 90% of all those who contract HPV clear
the infection within two years without incident. Also, the wide use of Pap
smears for detecting cervical cancer has led to incidences of this cancer
falling off sharply in recent years.
Health departments put out information saying the vaccine is safe and has no
serious side effects. But when the FDA approved the use of Gardasil in 2008,
Judicial Watch filed Freedom of Information Act requests for documents
concerning Gardasil. Reports of serious side effects between 2008-2010 include
thousands of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, many of them for
paralysis or other neurological disorders that don't go away, as well as 93
deaths. These results are six to eight times greater than known side effects
and disabling events for all other vaccines in this age group (12-17). The
death rate from cervical cancer isn't nearly as high as the rate of reported
serious adverse events, including death, from Gardasil!
I urge you to educate yourselves on this matter and be prepared to protect our
young girls and now our boys too, since Merck is marketing the drug to them as
well. It should come as no surprise that in November, Merck reported a major
increase in 3rd-quarter profits due to the "skyrocketing sales" of
Gardasil--up 41% to $445 million thanks to government backing and a successful
ad campaign. (Infowars.com < http://infowars.com/
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The thought of my 6th-grade granddaughter being vulnerable to vaccination
without her parents' informed consent, with an untested pharmaceutical whose
long term effects are totally unknown, is frightening to me--and absolutely
unacceptable. Thank you for being aware of this important issue and taking
appropriate steps to prevent such an outcome.
For more information, read the following document produced by the
American Medical Association, from which Vicki Noble obtained most of her
statistics:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/297/17/1921.full
An interview of Leslie Botha also speaks passionately to this subject and can
help you develop your understanding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ukr2BEXWA
More information on Vicki Noble can be gleaned from the following:
