Cervarix: MMR the Sequel? (Update 3)

... by Martin
Statistically speaking, the story that broke last night was tediously inevitable. 1.4 million doses of the Cervarix vaccine have been administered to teenage girls since the program began, and eventually - whether by chance or adverse reaction - one person was bound...
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So, Reporter, How Many Women Did You Kill Today?

... by DeeTee
I had intended to talk about the “incalculable” harm that may have been done by the recent irresponsible media reporting about HPV vaccine, but then I realised that much of the actual damage can be estimated quite accurately. Previous unfounded scare-mongering about...
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While everyone is on the subject of HPV…

Sun, 10/11/2009 - 20:45

It is distasteful to see a number of anti-vax headlines (which have subsequently been taken down) reporting the tragic death of a 15 year-old girl after she had received the cervical cancer jab. Of course we learnt soon after that Natalie Morton had a malignant chest tumour but that was after the vaccination programme had taken a hit.

None of this furore really leads to a conducive atmosphere in which we can talk about possibly extending the vaccination to boys, but I’ll give it a go.

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So, Reporter, How Many Women Did You Kill Today?

Wed, 10/07/2009 - 14:21

I had intended to talk about the “incalculable” harm that may have been done by the recent irresponsible media reporting about HPV vaccine, but then I realised that much of the actual damage can be estimated quite accurately. Previous unfounded scare-mongering about the side effects of vaccines have always resulted in measurable declines in vaccination rates, which have always translated directly into additional deaths or cases of disease.

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Cervarix: MMR the Sequel? (Update 3)

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:51

Statistically speaking, the story that broke last night was tediously inevitable. 1.4 million doses of the Cervarix vaccine have been administered to teenage girls since the program began, and eventually - whether by chance or adverse reaction - one person was bound to die. Yesterday, for whatever reason, that teenage girl was Natalie Morton, and my sympathies go out to her kith and kin. Her death, and the manner of its reporting, will affect public health in ways she'll never know.

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Christian Voice, the HPV Vaccine and Freedom of Speech

Sat, 04/18/2009 - 21:56

[bpsdb] I intended to publish this two months ago and didn't get around to it, but given the recent kerfuffle about the Daily Mail's stance on HPV, I thought I'd drag it out of the archives. It's about fundamentalist "group" Christian Voice, the HPV vaccine, and freedom of speech, and it touches so many of the recurring crank themes out there. The story starts with an innocent, inoffensive little advert in the New Statesman, and includes probably the funniest ever smackdown by the Advertising Standards Agency.

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