I’ve been reading a lot about the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine and the risk of serious side effects and even death. I thought I would seek out the numbers and put them in context. Especially given headlines claiming the HPV jab is “as deadly as the cancer” it seeks to prevent. A note about the UK. These are the figures for Gardasil, the vaccine used in the US. In the UK, the dominant vaccine
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