Some very brief information on the Cervarix Vaccine.

Particularly for the young lady I was talking to today, who had decided not to have the vaccine.

I had a very interesting conversation today with a young lady, particularly about the adjuvants in the Cervarix vaccine and the properties of the antigen (how the virus is presented in the vaccine).

The Cervarix vaccine contains virus-like particles, which contain structural proteins from the virus, but lack the means to reproduce and so are not infectious. So, to answer the young lady's question, the vaccine does not contain live virus. It contains proteins from the virus that the immune system recognises and produces antibodies against.

However, since injection into deep muscle is not the normal route for a virus to enter your body, the vaccine manufacturers have to add something, called an "adjuvant," to help stimulate the immune system to respond and produce antibodies. The adjuvant in Cervarix is aluminium hydroxide.

The best way for anyone to decided whether they are going to take a vaccine, is to gather as much information as possible for themselves. In this way they can make an informed decision.

Beyond The Theory Of Vaccines - What's In Them And The Known Side-Effects.

Russell Blaylock is a former board certified neurosurgeon, author lecturer and health practitioner. I think the most important information he gives on this video is where he is talking about the normal immune response and what has to be added to vaccines to boost the system into action.

Dr Blaylock tells us that the problem is with the vaccine itself and trying to get the body to react to the agents that it is designed to immunise against. The normal routes of infection into the body are via the nasal passages and the gut. On exposure to an invading micro-organism, the body mounts a coordinated response. Vaccines by-pass this normal route by being injected into deep muscle and the result is an abnormal immune response. It is thus necessary to force the body to have a powerful immune response by including adjuvants in the vaccine material.

WHO USES ADJUVANTS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis use adjuvants in their swine flu, H1N1 vaccines. They are producing H1N1 vaccines with and without adjuvants, but most countries have accepted the vaccine with adjuvants, particularly European countries.

Adjuvants used:

Squalene: an unsaturated terpene, which is an intermediate in cholesterol synthesis, and occurs normally at low levels in blood plasma and at elevated levels in viral influenza; used as a vehicle for pharmaceuticals. Squalene is the biochemical precursor to the whole family of steroids.

Squalene is used as an adjuvant in vaccines to boost immunogenicity and to reduce the amount of viral antigen needed. So, the supply of antigen goes further.
Your body will react naturally to squalene in olive oil, but when squalene enters the body through the abnormal route of being injected into deep muscle, it incites the immune system to attack all of the squalene in the body, including where it occurs naturally and is vital to the health of the nervous system. In returning military personnel, who were diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome, 95% were found to have antibodies to squalene.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10640454

Gardasil

From the Gardasil information leaflet: view on the Gardasil web site.

1Human Papillomavirus = HPV
2L1 protein in the form of virus like particles produced in yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae
CANADE 3C-5 (Strain 1895)) by recombinant DNA technology.
3adsorbed on amorphous aluminium hydroxyphosphate sulphate adjuvant (225 micrograms Al).
The other ingredients in the vaccine suspension are:
Sodium chloride, L-histidine, polysorbate 80, sodium borate and water for injections.
Aluminium as an adjuvant accumulates all over the body and the brain with each successive vaccine which incorporates it. In vaccines it helps to stimulate the immune system.

"A metallic element that does not appear to be an essential part of the diet even though the body of a 70 kg person contains about 50 mg. Aluminium is toxic and can damage nerve cells. Excess dietary aluminium is normally eliminated in the faeces, but when intakes are very high some aluminium may be retained. Some researchers claim that this retention can contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease (senile dementia). A study by the Medical Research Council showed that sufferers of the disease have unusual clusters of nerve cells in the brain saturated with aluminium. There is some evidence that vitamin C may help to reduce aluminium levels in the body."

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=aluminium&gwp=13

Cervarix, the HPV vaccine being used in the UK also contains aluminium as an adjuvant.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) And The Vaccine.

WHAT IS HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS? (HPV)

A human papillomavirus is a papilloma virus that infects the epidermis (skin) and mucous membranes of humans. HPV can lead to cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina and anus in women. I men, it can lead to cancers of the anus and penis.

Approximately 130 HPV types have been identified. Some HPV types can cause warts (verrucae), but those types don't cause cancer. Other types can cause cancer, but those types don't cause warts. Other types have no symptoms and are harmless. Most people who become infected with HPV do not know they have it.

About 30-40 HPV types are typically transmitted through sexual contact and infect the anogenital region. Some types may cause genital warts. Persistent infection with "high-risk" HPV types—different from the ones that cause warts—may progress to pre-cancerous lesions and invasive cancer. HPV infection is thought to be the cause of most cases of cervical cancer. However, most HPV infections in young females are temporary and have little long-term significance. 70% of infections are gone in 1 year and 90% in 2 years.

Most people have now heard of the HPV vaccines which are now being offered to young teenage females. Two vaccines are available, which are designed to prevent infection by some HPV types, Gardasil, marketed by Merck and Cervarix, marketed by GlaxoSmithKline. Both are intended to protect against initial infection with HPV types 16 and 18, which cause most of the HPV associated cancer cases. Gardasil is also said to protect against HPV types 6 and 11, which cause 90 percent of genital warts.

Both vaccines are delivered in three shots over six months. In most countries they're approved only for female use.