There’s been a lot of irresponsible media coverage after the sad death of 14-year-old Natalie Morton in Coventry on Monday night, all to reminiscent of the ridiculous MMR and autism scare created by Andrew Wakefield. Don’t be fooled the human papilloma vaccine Ceravix is safe.
Did Ceravix kill Natalie Morton? Almost certainly not. Early results suggest she was killed by a “serious underlying medical condition”
Of the 1.8m jabs given since September 2008, there were 4,657 reported “adverse reactions” – headaches, nausea, dizziness or a sore arm.
The virus can, potentially, reduce by 70% the chances of cervical cancers.
In the UK about 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and about 1,000 die from it.
Helen Pidd, The Guardian.
You do the maths and have your daughter vaccinated.