They're not even giving the jab over here, coz the government can't afford it

I hope that it is just a bad coincidence that this happened, because otherwise it will frighten loads of people off having the jab and the benefits of that jab must far far outweigh the risk of that happening again.

three other girls were ill too, they have confiscated the batch of vaccine...it's really awful

Thats awful.
My 13 year old had it last year and had no problems.My 16 year old had her first one last week.I think my eldest will be offered it at Uni.Not sure if they will offer the swine flu vaccine in preference rather than risk an outbreak on campus

This will scare people off having the jab now unless they find out it was a dodgy batch, in which case someone needs to be brought to task....very sad news...

Really scary, but they don't know yet if it was actually the vaccine that killed her - it could have been an allergic reaction to something in it, not the vaccine itself.  Not very comforting I know, but literally a one in a million + chance of it happening.   Much better than the odds on getting cervical cancer I'd imagine.   Her poor folks though... tragic.

How awful for them, she only set out as normal to go to School...terrible....

I read this in the Metro, I bet parents are panicking. Poor poor girl.

Such a shock and so sad for the girls parents. I hope there isn't going to be a total panic about it and people still go ahead with getting their daughters vaccinated. I hope the PM comes back that it wasn't the jab its self but maybe something in it but its still a bad thing to happen just when everyone was thinking what a great thing it is...

It's not just going to be parents panicking with this, but teenage girls.

It's going to be hard enough already to persuade my daughter to go for it, but tragic news like this is going to make it infinitely harder.

Very sad news.

You can throw bricks at me if you want but it really disturbs me the ammount of vaccines pumped into young peoples bodies! I am afraid I just cannot buy into all of the hype that goes with it !

My thoughts are with this young girl's parents, they must be totally devestated!

If you are sexually active can you get this vaccine?

My daughter had her 2nd jab on Friday, she was told to come back in 6 months for the 3rd and final...

There was only 6 weeks or so between the first 2. 

I read earlier that they have been temporarily suspended now in any case.   It's really awful this

It's one of those things. I remember a couple of cases at the dentists. Some sort of toxic shock effect. Devastating for the unlucky ones.

I read somewhere that Boots will be offering it for sale to adult women shortly.

My daughter had her first one done last week.

She was panicking today when she heard the news...I wasn't. I told her, look how many girls have had it already, they're ok. Juts news scary people...as per!

I have to agree with you. My daughter brought the information home a couple of weeks ago as she is in yr 8. I have told my OH that I am not happy about her having an injection that has not been tested for long term/future effects.

I've read a lot about this injection & cannot see how they can state that it prevents cervical cancer. Cancer is cancer - they cannot prevent it. You can only guard against it.


I hope that the parents find peace

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8281673.stm

It vaccinates against 2 strains of HPV...HPV causes more than 70% of cervical cancers.

From katty's link:

A girl who died shortly after being given a cervical cancer vaccine had a "serious underlying medical condition", an NHS Trust has said.

NHS Coventry said the vaccination was "most unlikely to have caused the death" of Natalie Morton, 14.

So let me see how does the average parent[actually do not really like the term average] Know IF their child has an underlying health problem? Eeerm wasn't this used as an exuse for the deaths of people that took tamiflu? That they had an underlying health problem?

Can some one tell me please how the scientists have come up with a vaccine so quickly? What tests have been done and on who/what ? Would I have it... NO!

I cannae be doing with conspiracy theories myself.

It's awful that the girl died...but sadly sometimes these things happen.

the poor parents, they signed the consent form

do i let my daughter have the 2nd jab

I'm letting mine have the 3rd one Aimee.

The chances of her being exposed at some point to HPV are high, the chances of the vaccine harming her is low.

I thought the same about the MMR and all the other baby jabs. You just have to hope that yours isn't one of the tiny minority.  (Plus I don't believe the MMR thing anyway )

i've been thinking about it ALOT today and i've decided to let her have it

I agree with you. People need to know more about this 

There was a woman on the radio here the other day saying she got it privately for her daughter because as Temps said the state won't pay for it.
She paid over E800 for it and I thought she was actually boasting that she went to such and such private clinic for it.
Wonder how she's feeling today?

Tayto, the girl died of an underlying health prob...not the vaccine.

It was just the press scaremongering.

I've just heard this on the radio too tonight. It was called a serious underlying medical condition. Whether or not this is true, everyone needs to wait a little longer before there is the hysteria that was whipped up over MMR.
I read of a recent large epidemiology study over the relation between autism in the population pre- and post- the MMR vaccine. It resulted that the occurrence in the population had not changed to a noticeable degree. And any difference there may appear to be would be because of different medical reporting procedures.

Exactly Pam.

I wish the media would bloody well think before they report such thing.

Shoksawhatsits, I agree...it would be a shame for these lasses to be put at risk from the very real (and very, very prevalent risk of HPV) rather than what the press have whipped up...also on the MMR thing, again agreed.  Sadly, what I believe is it's just coincidental that the age at which Autism or AS conditions become apparent is about the same age as the MMR is given.

To be fair Blousey, the press would have been shot down by not reporting something like this... it would have gone viral on the internet anyway. And I think that today the TV and radio have been pretty restrained about doing what they did about MMR, because of the effects that had on immunisation levels and how badly the doctor whose study the frenzy was centred on had actually carried out his 'research' that they hadn't investigated at the time.

Just call me X Leccy! Or Pam  
That is almost what I felt instinctively at the time too.

X marks the spot!   You shall be "treasure"

I haven't heard the reports today Pam.
All I heard was when it was first reported on the news - "A fourteen year old girl has died, following receiving the new HPV vaccine" and then on to the next story.

I'm glad my twelve year old wasn't in the room!

Oooo! I'll happily answer to that! CAN YOU HEAR THIS BLOUSEY?

Too right! I couldn't imagine what I'd be thinking if I had a daughter about to go off for the jab today... awful dilemma.

*** doesn't mention the word 'buried' ***

She'll go all Pete Beale on yo ass. You'll be "tweacle"

*runs*