[cftorres]

There are a lot of questions around Gardasil vaccine. I have a friend that had the vaccine and she has her body paralized 3 years for 3 years now. She's 17 years old, living in a bed and suffering depression. I know there could be another cause for her paralisys but the vaccine is still the most probable cause, so having the vaccine was her worst decision of her life.

[ceejayoz]

There are a handful of cases of Guillain–Barré annually that coincide with the HPV vaccine administration. Flu vaccine is known to cause the same thing in rare cases, as well. But...

https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/692

> “Our results show that Guillain-Barré is not occurring more often after HPV vaccination than it does in the general population.”

Side note: Even if the vaccination caused all 36 cases described in a two-year period, and even if that were elevated from the normal incidence in the unvaccinated population, HPV causes thousands of deaths annually from cervical cancer. Public health should be a matter of statistics, not anecdotes.

[beat]

Is there actual research on this, or is this anecdata? Because correlation is not causation.

[cftorres]

Well, is obvious I'm talking about a personal anecdote. Did I cite any investigation?

For the family of that girl and her close circle that is the image they have of the vaccine. I'm not saying the vaccine cause paralisis. I'm saying that for her it was the cause, they still don't have another explanation (no gillan-barre, nor wierd infection). Thats why in Colombia just a few people will allow to get that vaccine, out there you will find few cases like the one of my friend, but enough to make most woman reject its aplication.

Its just a view from that population perspective and why it impacts on the acceptance of the drug.

[ofibrvev]

> vaccine is still the most probable cause

Most probable cause? That’s a bit of hyperbole without extraordinary evidence.