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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 took ill at Blue Coat CofE School in Coventry shortly after she received the Cervarix vaccine. She died in the town's University Hospital.
"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."
Originally posted by Beauty_HairyBeast
My heart goes out to the family of this girl, how sad.
The school is not far from where I live, now I know my daughter will definately not have this vaccine as she is scheduled to be given it next week ( with consent of course, but it wont be given ).
Why would the vaccine be different here in the uk? Good question.
Originally posted by kiwifoot
Good call,from the sound of it it may have been a rogue batch (other girls given it at the same school had side affects).
You have to feel for the parents, trying to do the right thing.
Anyway, like you said, hold of until you get more info, all the best!
Originally posted by kiwifoot
reply to post by Beauty_HairyBeast
If it were my daughter, I don't think I'd let her get one either.
From the moment we are born well months after anyway, we are being stuck with these vaccines. Asthma, ADHD, Autism, allergies, c'mon, there has to be a link.
We never used to have these problems in the numbers we do now.
[edit on 28-9-2009 by kiwifoot]
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.
Originally posted by RuneSpider
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.
So. No clear link at the moment.
Nothing, actually, to say whether the kids were affects by the vaccine or were sick normally, since they are not checking the girls to see what caused their illness'.
Originally posted by ChrisF231
One COULD die from the vaccine, however one WILL die from cancer.
I would rather risk the vaccine then risk getting cervical cancer which does not have a good outlook.