Vincent Fernando

The FDA vs. Science on Merck HPV Vaccine

Investigator, you either are unwilling or unable to read the arguments against you and then confront them. If you carry such an interest in science, I recommend getting a science degree. You then could take your substantial interest in the topic and combine it with proper skills to reach valid conclusions.

The FDA vs. Science on Merck HPV Vaccine

Allowing the vaccine to be marketed and sold is allowing the market to decide. And... real evidence? The CDC concluded the vaccine was safe as linked in the article above. That's a fact, a hard science fact based on an extensive study of real evidence.

Versus this actual science you provide a link to some letter you wrote which cherry picks a few sources and call it better evidence that the CDC's actual study? Do you realize how rigorous real science is as compared to the kind of analysis in your piece, or even the kind of analysis we do here in the blogosphere?

The FDA vs. Science on Merck HPV Vaccine

Thank goodness for people like P1llman. There are so many examples of these kinds of health scare stories out there, where the facts are misread or manipulated. Most important thing I took away from studying toxicology as a bio major was that toxicity is all about dosage relative to the substance in question. If you don't understand this, then you end up thinking you're being bombarded by poisons 24/7. Visine, above, would be a good example of something people could be scared into thinking is dangerous. I once watched a hilarious video (I think it was Penn and Teller) where they convinced tons of people to sign petitions banning water. (They called it by its full scientific name and listed all kinds of ways it can be problematic)

The FDA vs. Science on Merck HPV Vaccine

I do not smugly assume anything. The CDC has done studies which agree with my claim. If you followed my link above you would have seen this. "The study looked at girls injected over two years and didn’t find any evidence that the vaccine is dangerous. This comes on top of eleven and a half years of trials on Gardasil and its competitor, GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix."

I agree with one of your points. We surely have the right to know everything, and the data is there. It says the vaccine is safe. It's public info, nothing is being hidden. Rather, enemies of the vaccine are obscuring the facts and playing to your emotions. So stay logical, use your right to see the data, go look at it before hurling blind comments.