17 Aug Question: Information Literacy Is A Person’s Ability To Collect And Analyze Information So That They Can Make Effective, Informed Decisions. Follow The Directions Below And Answer The Underlined Prompts. 1. FIRST, Review The HPV Fact Sheet”. Based On This Information Alone, Would You Get Or Recommend That Your Children Get The HPV Vaccine? 2. SECOND, Read The …
Information literacy is a person’s ability to collect and analyze information so that they can make effective, informed decisions. Follow the directions below and answer the underlined prompts.
1. FIRST, review the HPV fact sheet
“. Based on this information alone, would you get or recommend that your children get the HPV vaccine?
2. SECOND, read the controversy of the vaccine by Erickson. read the info from controversy here. Answer these questions
- What feelings does this article evoke? Does this article change or reinforce your opinion about getting the vaccine?
13th April, 2010
Last week, government officials in India called an immediate halt to any further HPV vaccinations until they complete an extensive investigation into allegations of unethical conduct by those involved in a ‘demonstration project’ aimed at vaccinating 32,000 girls, age 10-14, from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
The suspension was called a few short hours after a group of health advocates presented a list of very serious ethical and moral concerns to their government officials, along with the demand for an investigation.
The government of India should be congratulated on their rapid and appropriate response to these citizen concerns. India has exhibited compassion for their citizens’ health and well-being above all else by agreeing to determine whether their concerns are valid, or not, before HPV vaccinations are resumed.
Unfortunately, the rest of the world does not seem to care as much for their citizens as does India. Similar concerns about HPV vaccine efficacy, benefits versus risks, questionable marketing campaigns, political ‘deals’, and the risk of serious adverse events, including death have been raised by at least 12 other countries around the world, with virtually no response.
Nearly identical questions have been brought forth by concerned citizens and health advocate groups in the United States, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Argentina, France, Spain, Canada, Finland and Sweden. These people have received little, or no response from their respective governments.
All of these governments should be ashamed of themselves. Whether their citizens’ concerns are valid, or not, they should be investigated. This is not the first time pharmaceutical companies have unleashed a relatively unproven “remedy” on an unsuspecting public with disasterous results. Remember Vioxx, and the reported 300,000 unnecessary deaths by heart attack in the U.S.?
Why does the casualty count have to get that high before someone begins to listen?
India has a population of over 1 billion. There were only 14,000 girls vaccinated before the program was halted. It was halted in response to concerns raised after only 4 unexplained deaths and 120 serious systemic adverse reactions were brought to the attention of the authorities. In a population that size, these events could have easily been written off, as they seem to be in other countries. But, no—India took action.
The United States, for example, has a population of approximately 307 million. 29,323 young women participated in the clinical trials for Gardasil. During those trials, there were 37 deaths reported and 255 serious systemic adverse reactions. There were 463 reports of new medical conditions reported by participants that were “potentially indicative of systemic autoimmune disorder(s).” See verification here.
Almost 10 times the number of deaths, and over twice the amount of adverse events; not to mention the reports of new medical conditions.
Did the United States investigate to see if there was a problem with this? No! In a country that professes to take the lead regarding human rights issues, this is nothing short of criminal.
Women around the globe are tired of feeling they and thier families are “guinea pigs” for the pharmaceutical industry. They believe the practice needs to stop here and now.
Every country in the world needs to follow India’s lead and take their citizens’ health and well-being seriously. Investigate their concerns–independent of any input from anyone in, or with ties to, the pharmaceutical industry.
For the sake of humanity, at least make the effort to find out if their concerns are valid.
What feelings does this article evoke? Does this article change or reinforce your opinion about getting the vaccine?
3. FINALLY review the US FDA Report preview the document. Specifically we will examine the topics that Erickson uses to support her claims in the article above about adverse reactions, autoimmune disorders and deaths (full report Preview the document full report
in a new window here if interested).
Adverse reactions: On page 7 look at the adverse reactions listed (e.g. headache, etc.). Specifically look at the cases in the vaccine group vs the cases in the AAHS control group.
Autoimmune disorders: Tables 9 and 10 (on pages 9 &10). Specifically look at the percent of those who developed diseases who were given the drug vs. the percent of those who developed diseases who were in the control/placebo group in the last line of the table.
Deaths: Last paragraph on page 8 and beginning of page 9 called “Deaths in the Entire Study Population.” Specifically look at the causes of deaths during the study in both the test and control/placebo group.
Did Erickson represent the information in her “controversy” article accurately? Be specific and justify your answer with examples from Erickson’s article and the FDA report. (While Erickson has data reporting errors such as 37 deaths instead of 40, I am not asking about this specific error. Instead I am asking about how Erickson represents the data as compared to the FDA report).
After reading the FDA report, did your feelings about the second article change? Why is information literacy important and reviewing your sources important? BE VERY SPECIFIC. Search entries or author Search entries or author Filter replies by unread Reply Reply to Unit 3 Discussion: HPV Replies are only visible to those who have posted at least one reply.
The question in Bold is what needs to be answered the rest is what needs to be read to answer some of the questions
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