ICAP Advocates, Freda Birrell and Christina England, members of the international group of women who prepared a series of HPV-vaccine repots to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Germany, have distributed the ICAP reports to the media in Scotland and the UK. Ms England, a research journalist, has written several well-received articles that have been published by news outlets on both sides of the Atlantic. The women have received acclaim and praise for due diligence in presenting information that backs up their concerns:  The Scotsman – June 2, 2009

http://news.scotsman.com/world/Call-to-review-cancer-vaccine.5323346.jp

The article is excerpted below:
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Call-to-review-cancer-vaccine.5323346.jp

The Scotsman 02 June 2009 By MARISA DE ANDRADE

THE Scottish Government has been urged to review its cervical cancer vaccination programme and follow the lead of Germany, which ordered experts to show hard evidence the jab is effective and safe in the long-term.

The International Coalition of Advocates for the People (ICAP) – a group raising concerns of the safety and efficacy of Cervarix and its rival, Gardasil, to health ministers and researchers worldwide – want a thorough investigation into the vaccine.

The organisation successfully lobbied the health minister and medical experts in Germany. Now the country’s Federal Joint Committee, which decides on the formula for the country’s social insurance system, has called for all recommendations on Cervarix and Gardasil to be revised and demanded a new report based on detailed evidence.

Yesterday, The Scotsman revealed more than 150 girls in Scotland have suffered adverse reactions after receiving the vaccine, which was introduced last autumn and is being given to all girls in S2 and to girls in S5 and S6 in a catch-up programme.

Campaigners are concerned about the long-term effectiveness and safety of the vaccine. Six families in England are taking legal action against the maker of  Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline,,  after serious side-effects they claim are linked to the vaccine.

Freda Birrell and Christina England from ICAP said: “We would welcome a decision by the Scottish and UK governments to put a hold on Cervarix and to carry out a similar thorough investigation as is now being carried out in Germany.”

“GlaxoSmithKline admits ‘there are no data on the use of Cervarix in subjects with impaired immune responsiveness’, that ‘duration of protection has not been fully established’ and ‘Timing and need of booster has not been investigated.’

“So why was a vaccination programme in Scotland and England introduced before this was researched?”

The review in Germany came after a team of 13 experts studied all publicly available data on the effectiveness of both vaccines on the market and found the evidence lacking.

Dr Ansgar Gerhardus, a public health expert from the University of Bielefeld in north-west Germany, was part of the team.

He said: “We did not go into further details regarding Cervarix, simply because the evidence base was even more sparse than for Gardasil.

“We did not find any results on the overall protection against pre-cancerous lesions – which would be a relevant endpoint (ie, a way of judging a link to cervical cancer] for individual girls as well as from a public-health perspective. Only in a recent study have selected data for Cervarix been presented. However, many relevant data are still missing, so no conclusions should be drawn until they are made available.”

This statement has not been scientifically challenged.

ICAP added: “We believe the health and welfare of young people is of paramount importance and would welcome a delay in the Cervarix vaccination programme until all avenues are thoroughly investigated.”

The Scottish Government and GlaxoSmithKline insist detailed tests were carried out and that any reactions to Cervarix are within the range expected of a mass vaccination programme.

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

—Margaret Mead, US Anthropologist  (1901 – 1978)

On May 24th at 10:26 pm Cynthia Janak, Research Journalist, Founder and President of International Coalition of Advocates for the People hit the send button on her email client.

The Subject Line read: “Serious Concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of the HPV Vaccines”

The message was addressed:  To the esteemed members of the Robert Koch Institute and Health Minister of Germany,

And the simple message read:

The attached paper has been prepared by concerned individuals from the United Kingdom, United States of America and Holland in regards to the safety and efficacy of the HPV vaccines.

We intend to prove that the serious health concerns that are becoming evident due to Gardasil and Cervarix around the world are valid.  You will see that the studies themselves will prove the lack of efficacy and the increased risks to the health of our young people.  Also entered into this report are communications with the lead researcher for both Gardasil and Cervarix.  Included are reports of young girls and women who have had serious adverse effects and deaths with unknown etiology from America and Europe.   Attached is a video of Karen Maynor who lost her daughter after receiving the Gardasil vaccination.  This mother is trying to come to terms with the fact that the post mortem determination is unknown.

We also want you to know that an inquiry was done by the researchers in the United States as to the overall health and activity level of the affected young people pre-vaccination.  The results of the inquiry and investigation that ensued are startling.  It has been determined that the young people most likely to be affected are very active, athletic and high achievers or have a serious weight problem.  A subset of the affected received the vaccination when they were at the pre-menstrual time of their cycle.  What these three groups have in common is that estrogen, which we know protects the brain from stroke, is decreased leaving the brain more susceptible to damage of the capillaries and the neurotoxin Aluminum.

We are aware that you are questioning the effectiveness of Cervarix.   Thousands of young girls and women are experiencing severe adverse events and their quality of life is vastly diminished around the world from Gardasil and Cervarix HPV vaccines.  Could you please also look at the bigger picture in regards to the safety of our children and take into account the many comments which have been made.

We do so hope you will read our submission and if you wish to ask any questions of the authors, email addresses have been provided.  We do so hope that you will give serious consideration to our many concerns in regards to the safety and efficacy of both HPV vaccines.

Sincerely,
Cynthia Janak

That email was both a culmination and a beginning.

The submission of the paper culminated years of research, analysis, and educational advocacy by a group of dedicated volunteers lead by Cynthia Janak and ICAP co-founder, Leslie C. Botha.  The work was an international effort.  A  group of women – three from the United States, two from The Netherlands, one from the UK and one from Scotland spent two weeks coalescing years of research, examining FDA, CDC and Merck documents relating to Gardasil, compiling a factual report from their respective countries that documented concerns about the safety and efficacy of the HPV Vaccine.

Reports are titled:

Treatise on Gardasil from the United States;
United States Concern for Europe with regards to Cervarix HPV vaccine;
United Kingdom Concerns Regarding HPV-GM Vaccines;
The Dutch Cervarix Concerns;
and, One Mother’s Plea.

The successful submission of these reports to the thirteen scientists at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Germany and to the German Health Minister was also a beginning. The reports represented the first educational advocacy project undertaken by the International Coalition of Advocates for the People. RKI is re-examining the safety of the HPV vaccine for use in their country. Their decision will be made in the next few weeks.

ICAP Advocates, Freda Birrell and Christina England released the reports to the media in Scotland and the UK – and to their respective parliaments. Ms England, a research journalist, has written several well received articles that have been published by news outlets on both sides of the Atlantic. The women have received acclaim and praise for their due diligence in presenting information that backs up their concerns:

The Scotsman – June 2, 2009

http://news.scotsman.com/world/Call-to-review-cancer-vaccine.5323346.jp

In previous posts I have mentioned Netherlands-based ICAP advocates, Janny Stokvis and Annelies Witlam who have worked tirelessly to support the HPV-vaccine education process in the Netherlands, the UK, EU Canada and Americ

ICAP’s first international effort has been a success. Seven women who became international advocates wrote a paper about HPV vaccines to educate all necessary parties in Europe.   This paper has been distributed throughout Europe and to select individuals in the United States.

Presently, thirteen German scientists from the Robert Koch Institute are questioning the effectiveness of these vaccines.  They are also asking for evidence now from the Standing Committee based on the scientists’ views.

Scotland now is questioning the vaccines over fears about the adverse reactions being reported in Scotland and England.

Also, in the UK leading scientists and doctors have raised fresh concerns about the safety of a cervical cancer vaccine.  They have accused the manufacturers of Cervarix and Gardasil, of making misleading claims.

I am proud to be counted amongst these seven women Advocates and a charter member of the International Coalition of Advocates For The People (ICAP).

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My associate from the Netherlands, women and children’s health advocate, Janny Stokvis sent me a resent analysis of the UK adverse reactions figures.  I wanted to share them with my Inconvenient Women readers.  The toll of illness and death amongst girls and young women who have received HPV-Vaccinations continues to rise… and our “representative  governments” continue to ignore the pleas and questions of the families affected by a public health policy that increasingly seems flawed at best, and at worst, corrupted by the power of Pharma’s lobbyists’ influence.

All any of us, who have raised questions about the rapid deployment of the HPV vaccines, Gadasil and Cervarix, have ever wanted, is an objective review of the clinic trial information by scientist not related to Big Pharma. In Germany, the Robert Koch Institute is in that process right now.  The question American, Canadian, and other EU citizens are asking is, “Why are our own governmental agencies and regulators so against a similar objective review of the clinic trial information  and independent medical review of the thousands of reported HPV-vaccine adverse effect cases?  Is the no “Robert Koch Institute-like” organization that can ask the questions for our citizens?”

Scores of girls have died or lie critically ill. The families of the sick and stricken girls have a right to be respected and represented by their elected officials. Every parent has the right to ask questions and expect honest answers about any chemical that the “State” decrees be inject into our children. Government officials are playing dice with a generation of our children.

All we ask is to educate before you vaccinate. That is not a radical request; it is only common sense.
Our children are too precious to risk in a rush to profit by the pharmaceutical industrial complex.

The following report is a resent analysis of the UK adverse reactions.

If you wish to track this information monthly, it is available online.

Cervarix

Total number of reports received: 1,463
Total number of suspected reactions: 3,139
Estimated number of doses administered: at least 800,000 doses
7 May 2009
Total number of reports received: 1,619
Total number of suspected reactions: 3,554
Estimated number of doses administered: at least 800,000 doses

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (brand unspecified)
2 april 2009
Total number of reports received: 81
Total number of suspected reactions: 226
Estimated number of doses of Cervarix administered:
at least 800,000 doses

7 May 2009
Total number of reports received: 93
Total number of suspected reactions: 265
Estimated number of doses of Cervarix administered:
at least 800,000 doses

Source:

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Generalsafetyinformationandadvice/Product-specificinformationandadvice/HumanpapillomavirusHPVvaccine/index.htm

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All around the world concerns are mounting about the effectiveness and the safety of the HPV vaccines. Whilst many of our Governments refuse to listen to public concern and ignore the ever increasing numbers of children who have had adverse reactions to the Gardasil and Cervarix vaccines, in Germany their concerns are at last being looked at and examined carefully.

The Robert Koch Institute in Germany which makes recommendations on the public funding of vaccines, is reviewing its vaccination programme after 13 experts called for a reassessment of its HPV vaccination programme and an end to “misleading information” about the effectiveness of the jab.

Scotland on Sunday reported a few weeks ago – A spokeswoman for the Robert Koch Institute said its vaccination committee was reviewing the situation, adding: “Because of the public discussion and some new reports and new statements from the 13 professors, the committee will publish a statement within the next few weeks.”

Scotland to, is seriously looking into it’s vaccination policy as regards the vaccine Cervarix due to the concerns of the papers written by the German Scientists as H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik reports

“SCOTLAND´S multimillion-pound cervical cancer vaccination programme was thrown into doubt last night after senior public health experts warned it might not be as effective as initially hoped. Government advisers in Germany are reviewing the program there after leading scientists said the jab was failing to live up to expectations on the number of cervical cancer cases it might prevent.

Now critics say Scottish health advisers, who gave the go-ahead for a £64 million immunization program involving thousands of schoolgirls, should review the evidence as well. The HPV vaccine protects against two strains of the human papilloma virus, which are responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. About 100 Scottish women die of the sexually transmitted disease every year.”

In the past few weeks professionals and concerned mothers from the USA, UK and Holland have come together and decided to write to these 13 scientists outlining their concerns. These concerned individuals have each come into contact with the victims of these vaccines and armed with newly revealed evidence they decided to email these scientists direct. They have drawn up papers which they have sent to these scientists backed up with their evidence and statistics showing that their concerns are indeed warranted. These papers were then sent to 700 professionals worldwide.The professionals who received them are from the medical profession, scientists, Governments , Journalists and many more. They are being put up on websites all over the world. Last night Cynthia Janak one of the authors of the USA paper sent an email to the other authors which said:-

“I just received an email from an oncologist and he agreed that the safety has not truly been proven because of the documents we have presented.”

Professionals in general have said the papers were well presented and extremely well written.

This morning this was quoted in an email to one the authors of the UK paper Freda Birrell.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

—Margaret Mead, US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology (1901 – 1978)

Profitable Harm is one of the many sites that now have a copy of these documents .

To understand how HPV vaccines and other vaccines cause brain damage, listen to the radio programme on Monday 1st June 2009 6-7 pm MST and hear the answer to the question ‘Do Vaccines Cause Brain Damage?’ Tune into KRFC FM 88.9 to listen to the audio streamed programme where Dr Andrew Moulden the leader of the Canadian Action Party will be explaining the subject of Neurological Vaccine Damage to Leslie Botha from Holy Hormones, Honey – The Greatest Story Ever Told who is safe vaccine advocate and researcher and radio producer, Cynthia Janak a Journalist who campaigns for Gardasil and Cervarix victims on her website Only The Truth and and who writes for Renew America and Dr Judi Gurstung

According to Dr Moulden, micro-vascular strokes from vaccinations cause Autism, ADHD, Sudden Infant Death, (SIDS), Gardasil & Anthrax (Gulf War Syndrome) adverse reactions, specific learning disabilities, seizures and more. To find out about all this and more tune in.

All Governments and anyone daring to proclaim that vaccines are safe should listen to what he says because this man is very very powerful indeed. In a news article just released, called Vaccines used in children causing brain damage he explained how with the use of before and after photographs of children he can prove 100% that children have had brain damage from the MMR.

This evidence was used in the Ben Zeller case. Ben Zeller, says his son, Ben, was a normal 11-month-old when he received the MMR.

Within days, he had a seizure. The seizure was so severe that it left Ben with permanent brain damage.

Mr Zeller had always believed that Ben’s fit was a reaction to the MMR. Ben was a healthy and happy child into everything After the vaccine he was left with severe brain damage.

Zeller was one of the first to prove his case in the Federal Vaccine Court. Last July, the court ruled his son would not have experienced the seizure if it weren’t for the MMR vaccine.

Dr Moulden said “We have thousands of cases and we can show all vaccines are causing the exact same problem,”

The above article quotes :-

“Moulden is spending the next week in South Florida interviewing families like the Zeller’s.

Moulden has gathered more than five thousand images of children’s faces taken before and after the MMR vaccine to help prove his case.The photos highlight children’s eyes turning in and out as well as the corner of their mouth dropping.

“These are classic signs of a stroke and clearly a direct result of vaccines,” Moulden said.

Still, many doctors and Health Departments say shots are not only safe but needed.”

Obviously the Ben Zeller case and Dr Moulden’s brilliant research and factual evidence that vaccines can cause brain damage have not yet reached the UK Government because Dawn Primarolo the UK Health Minister is so convinced or as some say ‘brainwashed’ that vaccines are 100% safe that she is breaking the promises made by the UK Government and via the JCVI is moving towards making vaccines compulsory in UK for all citizens including children. The Child Health Safety website reported the full story .

All in all the evidence that vaccines do cause some children to have severe reactions is mounting and Governments who collude with the drug companies and crooked committees who have members who sit in meetings discussing serious adverse reactions, including cot death and then go into courts as expert witnesses and say mothers have killed their children and adverse reactions to vaccines could not have played a part in their child’s death and other members who have links to drug companies should take note. The public are not thick and through the Internet now have access to the truth.

Reprinted from the American Chronicle

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SCOTLAND’S multimillion-pound cervical cancer vaccination programme was thrown into doubt last night after senior public health experts warned it might not be as effective as initially hoped. Government advisers in Germany are reviewing the program there after leading scientists said the jab was failing to live up to expectations on the number of cervical cancer cases it might prevent.

Now critics say Scottish health advisers, who gave the go-ahead for a £64 million immunization program involving thousands of schoolgirls, should review the evidence as well. The HPV vaccine protects against two strains of the human papilloma virus, which are responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. About 100 Scottish women die of the sexually transmitted disease every year.

Germany’s Robert Koch Institute, which makes recommendations on the public funding of vaccines, is reviewing its program after 13 experts called for a reassessment of its HPV vaccination program and an end to “misleading information” about the effectiveness of the jab.

The HPV vaccine is said to be effective in preventing the two strains of the virus that cause 70 per cent of cervical cancer cases, and scientists have assumed this means the vaccine can prevent 70 per cent of cases of cervical cancer.

But the German experts said the assumptions simply did not stand up to scrutiny, and that women remained at risk from other strains of the virus.

Studies of one vaccine brand, Gardasil, estimated it reduced the rate of pre-cancerous cells by only between 17 and 45 per cent. The scientists also warned that detailed data on Cervarix, which is the vaccine used in Scotland, was not being made available by its manufacturer.

Dr Ansgar Gerhardus, a public health expert from the University of Bielefeld in Germany, said: “The results of the studies clearly contradict many overly optimistic pronouncements. Women are entitled to be adequately informed.”

A spokeswoman for the Robert Koch Institute said its vaccination committee was reviewing the situation, adding: “Because of the public discussion and some new reports and new statements from the 13 professors, the committee will publish a statement within the next few weeks.”

Scottish Conservative health spokeswoman Mary Scanlon said: “Given this new research, it is now incumbent on the Scottish Government and the chief medical officer to review the vaccination program to ensure that it lives up to the expectations of preventing cervical cancer.”

A spokesman for GlaxoSmithKline, which makes Cervarix, was unable to provide figures on cases of pre-cancerous cells in women who have taken the vaccine, compared with those who have not.

He said: “The current scientific opinion is that an HPV vaccine such as Cervarix should improve the body’s immune response to natural HPV infection, which is important as women remain vulnerable to HPV infection … throughout their sexually active life.”

The Scottish Government said: “We believe Scotland’s HPV immunization program is a major step forward in saving lives. The program is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization.

“Should the JCVI’s recommendation change, this would obviously be considered very carefully by ministers.”

Source: Kate Foster writing for The Scotsman, May 10, 2009

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