Doctors Need To Be Educated and Held Accountable

The VAERS database is replete with thousands of reports of vaccine injuries. Here is one about Gardasil, the new HPV (cervical cancer) vaccine filed on June 27, 2007 by a parent who is a pediatrician (MD, FAAP). Her first-hand account of the reaction that happened to her 11-year-old daughter speaks volumes:

“Within minutes of receiving the HPV vaccination and a DTaP booster yesterday afternoon, my daughter complained of numbness extending down her right arm (HPV vaccination site) to her finger tips. She then noted tingling in her other hand and both of her feet. She was sitting in the waiting area at this time. I noted that her lips looked pale. I had her put her head in her lap. After a minute or so, she sat back up and her lips were redder. She remained a bit woozy for the following hour or so. Pain and discomfort in her right arm continued over the next several hours. I treated her with 400mg Advil when we got home about 2 hours after the vaccine. She continued to complain of pain and stiffness in her right arm throughout the evening last night. Today her right arm is better and her left arm (DTaP site) is more painful. As a pediatrician myself (MD, FAAP), I was very concerned when I saw the incidence of syncope being reported with the HPV vaccine. I spoke with a friend who has her PhD in child psychology. She does not think ‘adolescence’ is an appropriate excuse for this adverse reaction. I won't be giving my daughter the remaining doses until more has been studied regarding this reaction.”

COMMENT: Here’s a physician-parent (not sure if this was a mom or a dad) who didn’t even read the package insert about giving Gardasil to her daughter at the same time as another vaccine. The insert clearly states, “Results from clinical studies indicate that Gardasil may be administered concomitantly (at a separate injection site) with hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant). Co-administration [and safety] of injecting Gardasil with other vaccines has not been studied.”

So, ignorance, or perhaps laziness, prevailed and the parent allowed her daughter to be an experiment. Doctors have an illusion that vaccines are “safe, protective and cause no harm.” This doctor risked her daughter’s health: It appears the daughter’s immune system aborted the onset of what could have become full-blown Guillian-Barre syndrome with long-term paralysis. This doctor was willing to risk his daughter’s life by giving this vaccine. By mid-July, 2007, the number of reported reactions from Gardasil had risen to 2,207, including five deaths as a result of this vaccine.

This parent-pediatrician states “I won’t give the remaining doses to her daughter." I wonder if s/he will continue to vaccinate other children? I wonder what s/he will tell other moms who come to her office requesting Gardasil for their pre-teen daughters? I wonder if this scary episode will prompt this parent-pediatrician to do his homework and investigate other vaccine reactions children are no doubt having that are being dismissed as “normal”?

Doctors need to be held accountable for acts of commission – giving a drug (vaccine) that causes a reaction – and for acts of omission – refusing to learn about the dangers of vaccines. Let's make this a new rallying point for parents of vaccine-injured children. The drug companies are not to blame. They make products to sell. It is the responsibility of the physician to learn to use their products (drugs) safely – or decide whether to use them at all. Pediatricians and other vaccinators are under-educated, uninformed and blindly follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, parroting the five-color glossy information distributed by eager drug company sales persons.

Here’s a suggestion: Buy my DVD, “Vaccines: The Risk, Benefits, Choices” for your pediatrician. Then they won’t have an excuse that they don’t have time to do the research. If he or she refuses to review it, that should speak volumes.