This letter was sent by email today to the office of NY State Senator Diane Sorvino.
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Dear Senator Savino -
I am writing in response to your notice regarding public hearings on the question of whether the HPV vaccine should be legislatively mandated for young girls (http://www.womenshealthcollaborative.org/Resources/GardasilSenateHearing.pdf).
I am not a medical professional. However, I am old enough to remember DES and, so, have been concerned about this issue.
I have a blog and wrote about the vaccine during the summer:
(http://kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/tabid/2962/bid/1262/What-are-the-Long-term-Effects-of-HPV-Vaccine.aspx .
I learned about the Vaccine Event Adverse Reporting System and the many reports of adverse effects from the vaccine and wrote about that:
http://kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/tabid/2962/bid/1336/More-on-the-HPV-Vaccine.aspx).
Since then, I have been horrified by the many stories I've received from girls and their mothers about serious physical problems
(seizures, loss of consciousness, twitching, changes in menstruation, abdominal pain)
which they believe were caused by the HPV vaccine
(http://kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/tabid/2962/bid/1691/HPV-Vaccine-fainting-seizures-and-other-side-effects.aspx).
I've started a chart to summarize them
(http://kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/tabid/2962/bid/2392/HPV-Vaccine-Fainting-Seizures-Side-Effects-Chart.aspx ),
but they come often enough that I can't keep up.
I do not know what the truth is about the vaccine and its side-effects. I ask, though, that nothing be mandated before more is known.
Thank you for your consideration,
K. Krasnow Waterman