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~~---~~ · 09-29-2009, 11:06 PM

Schoolgirl dies after cancer jab
Human papillomavirus
The vaccine works by making girls immune to strains of a STI

A 14-year-old girl has died after being given a cervical cancer jab as part of a national immunisation programme, but the exact cause of death is unknown.

The pupil was taken ill at Blue Coat CofE School in Coventry shortly after she received the Cervarix vaccine. She died in the town's University Hospital.

The local NHS said there would be a "short pause" in the vaccination programme but it would then continue.

The batch of the vaccine used has been placed into quarantine.

The injection protects against a sexually transmitted disease, which is linked to most cervical cancers.

A routine programme of vaccinating 12 and 13-year-old girls started in September 2008 across the UK using the Cervarix vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline. A catch-up campaign is now under way for older girls.

The injection offers protection against the human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common cause of cervical cancer.

'Urgent investigation'

The girl, who has not yet been named, died at lunchtime on Monday.

We are conducting an urgent and full investigation into the events surrounding this tragedy
Dr Caron Grainger

Dr Caron Grainger, joint director of public health for NHS Coventry and Coventry City Council, said their sympathies are with the girl's family and friends.

She said: "The incident happened shortly after the girl had received her HPV vaccine in the school. No link can be made between the death and the vaccine until all the facts are known and a post-mortem takes place.

"We are conducting an urgent and full investigation into the events surrounding this tragedy."

A small number of girls at the school had also reported mild symptoms such as dizziness and nausea but they were not admitted to hospital.

In a statement posted on the school's website, headteacher Dr Julie Roberts said during the immunisation, "one of the girls suffered a rare, but extreme reaction to the vaccine".

"A number of other girls also reported being unwell and some were sent home," she said.

"If your daughter has received a vaccine today we ask that you are extra vigilant regarding any signs or symptoms."

She listed possible reactions as mild to moderate short-lasting pain at the injection site, headache, muscle pain, fatigue and a low-grade fever.

'Tragic death'

It is thought about a million girls have already safely received the vaccine.

When the national immunisation project was announced, there was some controversy about the selection of Cervarix over Gardasil, which is used by the majority of vaccination programmes worldwide.

It is important we have the results of further investigations as soon as possible to establish the cause of this sad event
Department of Health

Q&A: The cervical cancer vaccine

Dr Pim Kon, medical director at GlaxoSmithKline UK, which makes Cervarix, said: "Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the young girl.

"We are working with the Department of Health and MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) to better understand this case, as at this stage the exact cause of this tragic death is unknown."

The global pharmaceutical company added that the vast majority of suspected adverse reactions have related either to the symptoms of recognised side effects or were due to the injection process and not the vaccine itself.

Different vaccine

Public health minister Gillian Merron said: "Our deepest sympathies are with the family. It is important we have the results of further investigations as soon as possible to establish the cause of this sad event."

In the UK, about 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and about 1,000 die from it.

The department said Cervarix had a strong safety record.

Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the tragedy needed to be investigated "as a matter of urgency".

He said: "This again raises the question which we have asked for some time, as to why the government won't publish the assessments it made of the relative merits of the two HPV vaccines and why we therefore use a different vaccine to most other comparable countries."

There are more than 100 types of HPV but only 13 of them are known to cause cancer.

Cervarix protects against two strains of HPV that cause more than 70% of cases of cervical cancer in women.

Vaccination is not compulsory and consent is required before it is administered to the under-16s.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8279656.stm

Dr Richard H Thorndyke · 09-30-2009, 10:44 AM

You could also highlight that article like this:

Schoolgirl dies after cancer jab

Human papillomavirus

The vaccine works by making girls immune to strains of a STI

A 14-year-old girl has died after being given a cervical cancer jab as part of a national immunisation programme, but the exact cause of death is unknown.

The pupil was taken ill at Blue Coat CofE School in Coventry shortly after she received the Cervarix vaccine. She died in the town's University Hospital.

The local NHS said there would be a "short pause" in the vaccination programme but it would then continue.

The batch of the vaccine used has been placed into quarantine.

The injection protects against a sexually transmitted disease, which is linked to most cervical cancers.

A routine programme of vaccinating 12 and 13-year-old girls started in September 2008 across the UK using the Cervarix vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline. A catch-up campaign is now under way for older girls.

The injection offers protection against the human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common cause of cervical cancer.

'Urgent investigation'

The girl, who has not yet been named, died at lunchtime on Monday.

We are conducting an urgent and full investigation into the events surrounding this tragedy
Dr Caron Grainger

Dr Caron Grainger, joint director of public health for NHS Coventry and Coventry City Council, said their sympathies are with the girl's family and friends.

She said: "The incident happened shortly after the girl had received her HPV vaccine in the school. No link can be made between the death and the vaccine until all the facts are known and a post-mortem takes place.

"We are conducting an urgent and full investigation into the events surrounding this tragedy."

A small number of girls at the school had also reported mild symptoms such as dizziness and nausea but they were not admitted to hospital.

In a statement posted on the school's website, headteacher Dr Julie Roberts said during the immunisation, "one of the girls suffered a rare, but extreme reaction to the vaccine".

"A number of other girls also reported being unwell and some were sent home," she said.

"If your daughter has received a vaccine today we ask that you are extra vigilant regarding any signs or symptoms."

She listed possible reactions as mild to moderate short-lasting pain at the injection site, headache, muscle pain, fatigue and a low-grade fever.

'Tragic death'

It is thought about a million girls have already safely received the vaccine.

When the national immunisation project was announced, there was some controversy about the selection of Cervarix over Gardasil, which is used by the majority of vaccination programmes worldwide.

It is important we have the results of further investigations as soon as possible to establish the cause of this sad event

Department of Health

Q&A: The cervical cancer vaccine

Dr Pim Kon, medical director at GlaxoSmithKline UK, which makes Cervarix, said: "Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the young girl.

"We are working with the Department of Health and MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) to better understand this case, as at this stage the exact cause of this tragic death is unknown."

The global pharmaceutical company added that the vast majority of suspected adverse reactions have related either to the symptoms of recognised side effects or were due to the injection process and not the vaccine itself.

Different vaccine

Public health minister Gillian Merron said: "Our deepest sympathies are with the family. It is important we have the results of further investigations as soon as possible to establish the cause of this sad event."

In the UK, about 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and about 1,000 die from it.

The department said Cervarix had a strong safety record.

Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the tragedy needed to be investigated "as a matter of urgency".

He said: "This again raises the question which we have asked for some time, as to why the government won't publish the assessments it made of the relative merits of the two HPV vaccines and why we therefore use a different vaccine to most other comparable countries."

There are more than 100 types of HPV but only 13 of them are known to cause cancer.

Cervarix protects against two strains of HPV that cause more than 70% of cases of cervical cancer in women.

Vaccination is not compulsory and consent is required before it is administered to the under-16s.

Wouldn't be as melodramatic would it?

On a side note - good to see the forum back up and running!!:D Kudos to all involved.

~~---~~ · 09-30-2009, 01:07 PM

what fucking pap.

THE VACCINE CLEARLY KILLED HER, STUPID

YOU JUST WAIT FOR IT TO BE OFFICIALLY DENIED IN THE PRESS, OK?] :bored:

can't really expect much other than brainwashed ignorance and limited range in free thought from you RAF and MOD guys, that's true.

God forbid that someone might object to the needless death of an teenager in a national charity drive for big pharma.

How melodramatic !!!!

I don't think concen needs mouthpieces for brainwashed mass distributed opinion around here so much anymore, jmo if we want to know what the latrest scoop of ignorant spoon fed bullshit fed by the press - we can read of it ourselves without the need for resident drones spouting it incessantly.

you can sit and wait for the autopsy to declare whether the vaccine killed her or not. US WITH A WORKING BRAIN know already and don't need the state to rubber stamp it before it becomes reality.

I might also add that, as you point out, cause of death is NOT YET determined - BUT THE VACCINE DRIVE WILL CONTINUE ANYWAY AFTER A SLIGHT PAUSE..

Dr Richard H Thorndyke · 09-30-2009, 01:50 PM

I was just highlighting other sentences from the article that YOU posted originally.

If anyone here is a mouthpiece for ignorance and stupidity it's you "nik". Maybe you should look in the mirror before calling others "brainwashed" or ignorant. Your over-inflated ego would probably prevent that though. Nice to see you're still patronising and insulting people - give yourself a pat on the back for that. Hilarious!!

~~---~~ · 09-30-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:I was just highlighting other sentences from the article that YOU posted originally.

If anyone here is a mouthpiece for ignorance and stupidity it's you "nik". Maybe you should look in the mirror before calling others "brainwashed" or ignorant. Your over-inflated ego would probably prevent that though. Nice to see you're still patronising and insulting people - give yourself a pat on the back for that. Hilarious!!

OH REALLY? Further details please. My ego certainly isn't inflated -- that's just an attempt to slag me off. Such pathetic dross comment you ALWAYS resort and fall back on. IDIOT.

IT Struck me as a life long RAF man, whose son incidentally had followed the tradition of a life in the services and bragged here about having friends who were special forces snipers in Afghanistran. This might JUST PREJUDICE the opinion from you guys in favour of the STATE ENTITY just a WEE BIT. jmfo:LOL:

Go read your Aaronovitch pulp fiction, dullard. Your input is old and continually mimics the same pattern *flag raises*...you give nothing, add nothing expect barely nascent derision and god save the queen type bullshit.

You're superfluous here tbh, you bring nothing to the table...you can't think clearly. that's not my fault. Maybe your pineal gland is calcifying with old age.

Dr Richard H Thorndyke · 09-30-2009, 03:29 PM

Quote:
Quote:I was just highlighting other sentences from the article that YOU posted originally.

If anyone here is a mouthpiece for ignorance and stupidity it's you "nik". Maybe you should look in the mirror before calling others "brainwashed" or ignorant. Your over-inflated ego would probably prevent that though. Nice to see you're still patronising and insulting people - give yourself a pat on the back for that. Hilarious!!

OH REALLY? Further details please. My ego certainly isn't inflated -- that's just an attempt to slag me off. Such pathetic dross comment you ALWAYS resort and fall back on. IDIOT.

IT Struck me as a life long RAF man, whose son incidentally had followed the tradition of a life in the services and bragged here about having friends who were special forces snipers in Afghanistran. This might JUST PREJUDICE the opinion from you guys in favour of the STATE ENTITY just a WEE BIT. jmfo:LOL:

Go read your Aaronovitch pulp fiction, dullard. Your input is old and continually mimics the same pattern *flag raises*...you give nothing, add nothing expect barely nascent derision and god save the queen type bullshit.

You're superfluous here tbh, you bring nothing to the table...you can't think clearly. that's not my fault. Maybe your pineal gland is calcifying with old age.

You're jumping to conclusions again without knowing the facts. Thanks for proving my point.

As for being a "lifelong RAF man" I worked in the civilian sector for years before I enlisted and have been running my own (civilian) business for nearly a decade.

Just in case it makes a difference to you, I'm not a royalist, I think Britain should be a republic - run by the people for the people (a fantasy ideal I know). So another incidence of you jumping to conclusions. Thanks again for resorting to type. Also, I think we are involved in an illegal war in Iraq and a highly dubious and futile one in Afghanistan so I don't support either. I'll never bang the jingoistic drum for Britain (with our history both past and recent it'd be plain silly). I'll support the poor boys and girls on the ground, on the sea or in the air but I don't feel obliged to support the people that send them there. So, again, you don't know what you're talking about. I'd rather have Jim back at home than evading IED's everyday with less than adequate equipment. If my son was "bragging" about knowing members of the special forces then that's got nothing to do with me, take it up with him. It seems strange because he's not a boastful sort and we usually have to prise information and news out of him when he's at home. Maybe he was having an off day - happens to the best of us.

Weren't you the one that wanted "free speech" on this forum? It seems that when it's applied to critique a BBC article YOU chose to embellish then all bets are off.

This forum would be a poorer place if all the conflicts were removed so more power to you nik - have a good day whatever you're doing. :)

~~---~~ · 09-30-2009, 04:34 PM

Quote:
Quote:
Quote:I was just highlighting other sentences from the article that YOU posted originally.

If anyone here is a mouthpiece for ignorance and stupidity it's you "nik". Maybe you should look in the mirror before calling others "brainwashed" or ignorant. Your over-inflated ego would probably prevent that though. Nice to see you're still patronising and insulting people - give yourself a pat on the back for that. Hilarious!!

OH REALLY? Further details please. My ego certainly isn't inflated -- that's just an attempt to slag me off. Such pathetic dross comment you ALWAYS resort and fall back on. IDIOT.

IT Struck me as a life long RAF man, whose son incidentally had followed the tradition of a life in the services and bragged here about having friends who were special forces snipers in Afghanistran. This might JUST PREJUDICE the opinion from you guys in favour of the STATE ENTITY just a WEE BIT. jmfo:LOL:

Go read your Aaronovitch pulp fiction, dullard. Your input is old and continually mimics the same pattern *flag raises*...you give nothing, add nothing expect barely nascent derision and god save the queen type bullshit.

You're superfluous here tbh, you bring nothing to the table...you can't think clearly. that's not my fault. Maybe your pineal gland is calcifying with old age.

You're jumping to conclusions again without knowing the facts. Thanks for proving my point.

As for being a "lifelong RAF man" I worked in the civilian sector for years before I enlisted and have been running my own (civilian) business for nearly a decade.

Just in case it makes a difference to you, I'm not a royalist, I think Britain should be a republic - run by the people for the people (a fantasy ideal I know). So another incidence of you jumping to conclusions. Thanks again for resorting to type. Also, I think we are involved in an illegal war in Iraq and a highly dubious and futile one in Afghanistan so I don't support either. I'll never bang the jingoistic drum for Britain (with our history both past and recent it'd be plain silly). I'll support the poor boys and girls on the ground, on the sea or in the air but I don't feel obliged to support the people that send them there. So, again, you don't know what you're talking about. I'd rather have Jim back at home than evading IED's everyday with less than adequate equipment. If my son was "bragging" about knowing members of the special forces then that's got nothing to do with me, take it up with him. It seems strange because he's not a boastful sort and we usually have to prise information and news out of him when he's at home. Maybe he was having an off day - happens to the best of us.

Weren't you the one that wanted "free speech" on this forum? It seems that when it's applied to critique a BBC article YOU chose to embellish then all bets are off.

This forum would be a poorer place if all the conflicts were removed so more power to you nik - have a good day whatever you're doing. :)

No, no. That's great thanks. I'm still toying around the parameters of what free speech can entail on this board myself so forgive my elevated brusqueness.

Thanks for clearing up a few points.

Until cause of death IS established then the programme SHOULD be halted NOT "PAUSED for a short while."

This indicates absolutely the very telling philosophical position the state has adopted in regards to individual value of a UK national's life - it's a very twisted and patently hypocritical form of utilitarianism, if you ask me...same with your near and dear far away risking their lives, establishing the ground and attempting to secure it for the mafia infrastructure of a handful of rich elites.

Oil and smack.

Vive refuseniks. I'll have more respect for the military when it deserts it's masters instead of utter compliance to committing war crimes in foreign lands for super rich people and then expecting the nation's sympathies.

Soldiers worth their salt would better be removing the despots and bringing freedom to people closer to home. JMO

~~---~~ · 09-30-2009, 05:29 PM

nb. as far as the 'supporting our boys and girls on the ground' - sorry mate, no can do - they went of their own volition...unless they have no mind of their own whatsoever...

what they do IS NOT IN MY NAME and so I do not support them whatsoever...it is an illegal war that they are fighting in.

It is up to them to get the nouce to say NO.

If people still just 'obey orders' today like the nazi's did yesterday then I'm not going to support people who may well be tomorrow applying their knowledge and 'experience' at home in the UK ordering ppl around at the point of a gun..or worse.

FUCK THE MILITARY AND THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER TOO

:RTFM:

~~kevlar~~ · 09-30-2009, 08:54 PM

now they say it was from a previous medical condition that caused the death, but they don't specify what it was...

~~---~~ · 09-30-2009, 09:06 PM

Quote:now they say it was from a previous medical condition that caused the death, but they don't specify what it was...

..because it was a fatal complication directly related to the administration of the vaccine. Clearly. jmo

~~---~~ · 10-01-2009, 08:32 PM

Paralysed cancer drug girl to be put on at-risk register ‘to shut her up’

By Jan Disley
Last updated at 8:37 AM on 20th September 2009

A mother who is planning legal action against a pharmaceutical giant – claiming her daughter was left partially paralysed after having an anti-cancer vaccine – has been told the teenager is to be put on the social services ‘at-risk’ register.

Cheryl Cave says allegations that she is abusing her 13-year-old daughter Ashleigh are an attempt to ‘shut her up’ as she is demanding an investigation into the safety of a drug used to protect girls against the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer.

Ashleigh collapsed shortly after being given the jab at school and has spent nearly a year in hospital.
Ashleigh and Sheryl Cave

Ashleigh Cave, picture with mum Sheryl, was left paralysed from the waist down after taking a cervical cancer drug

Ms Cave, 38, is now consulting lawyers about taking action against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and wants a full investigation into the safety of the drug Cervarix. She is being supported by lawyer Peter Todd, who is launching a multi-million-pound action on behalf of about ten teenage girls in the UK, including Ashleigh.

Ashleigh, from Liverpool, has been unable to walk unaided since having the jab last October and is an in-patient at Liverpool’s Alder Hey hospital. Tests have failed to find anything physically wrong. Doctors say Ashleigh is suffering from ‘learned illness’ behaviour and have called in social services.

A report from Sefton Council accuses Ms Cave of fabricating Ashleigh’s illness and says: ‘Children’s Services recommend that Ashleigh becomes subject to a Child Protection Plan under the criteria of emotional harm.’

But Ms Cave says it is nothing more than an attempt to keep her quiet and is desperate to warn other parents about the vaccine.

She said: ‘At first, they tried to tell us Ashleigh was imagining it. They even suggested
I may have Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy. They have now told me Ashleigh is to be placed on the at-risk register, and that I am abusing her mentally. I refuse to let their threats silence us.’

Ms Cave believes her daughter may have been poisoned by aluminium in the drug.
The HPV school vaccination programme followed clinical trials in 2005 on more than 18,000 women under the age of 26.

Last night, both GlaxoSmithKline and the Department of Health said there was no evidence that the vaccine carried any long-term side effects.

No one was available at Sefton Council to comment on the case.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0SiLnGsbp