SCIENTISTS CHALLENGE COCHRANE HPV “VACCINE” REVIEWS AS “COMPLETELY MISLEADING”
Scientists are accusing the Cochrane Library of overstating the HPV vaccine’s safety and cancer-prevention benefits. Although Cochrane claimed the vaccine reduces cervical cancer by up to 80% and causes no serious harm, critics say the reviews relied largely on studies with serious or critical risk of bias. Many studies were too short to measure cancer, used precancerous lesions as proxies, or were vulnerable to “healthy user” bias. Critics also dispute claims of no serious adverse events, citing published studies and adverse-event databases. U.S. regulators are now reexamining HPV vaccine safety, effectiveness, and dosing.
U.S. regulators at the CDC are now reviewing HPV safety, effectiveness, and dosing. BUT they put Dr Levi in charge who as a member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said quote “We are going to very much stay away from the narratives or statements about safe and effective. We don’t believe these are appropriate or scientific language to talk about the issues related to vaccination.”
