Debate on Cervarix as cervical cancer vaccine or poison jab picks up across UK and US
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Turbo in Health
Natalie Morton, a 14-year-old British schoolgirl died after receiving a HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination.
Natalie received the approved cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix, at her school on Monday, died a couple of hours later.
Her parents Elaine and John Morton are believed to be in a state of shock to speak about Natalie’s death; they were; however, quoted of saying, “we would ask for time and privacy now to mourn a precious daughter, sister and grand daughter.”
Natalie and her sister Abigail, 17, stayed with mother, a nurse and step father Andrew Bullock stayed in a home in Coventry, 160 km north of London and Natalie was a student of Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry.
While the incident triggered furor across the country Department of Health are not willing to suspend the vaccination program of Cervarix. The Department of Health officials; however, the country’s primary care trusts to see if they vaccine lots bearing HPV1 Cervarix AHP VA04 3BB numbers and it was the same lot that were used at the Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry where ill-fated Natalie succumbed. Several private trusts suspended the vaccination programs that are due in the next few days.
Investigations are on to check on the vaccine dosage as preliminary autopsy report suggests that Natalie suffered from some serious underlying health condition; ruling out the link of Cervarix to her death.
However, it’s not clear as yet whether it’s the combination effect of vaccine Cervarix and her underlying serious health condition that killed the 14 year old.
Many cancer charities and also health experts continue to impress people of the fact that Cervarix is safe and urged people to refrain from panicking. But there seems to a movement initiated among parents that is trying to prevent their children from being vaccinated and prevent their daughters to be used as trials by vaccine companies.
The US drugs safety agency; however, had with held the decision to approve Cervarix, courtesy Natalie’s death.
The federal government need to take some stern action against makers of Cervarix, and people should teach the makers of spurious vaccines a good lesson!
My heart goes out to the parents of Natalie! May Natalie rest in peace!
You are true, the approval of drugs rests in the hands of bunch of jokers called FDA. Both government and the FDA seem to be hand in glove when it comes to approving crap like Cervarix.