--- title: "Open Letter to NY Sen Sorvino - re: hearings on mandating HPV vaccine" --- [![Screen Shot 2020-06-28 at 11.15.20 AM](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-06-28%20at%2011.15.20%20AM.png?width=519&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-06-28%20at%2011.15.20%20AM.png)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/)   # Personal Blog # Open Letter to NY Sen Sorvino - re: hearings on mandating HPV vaccine Posted by [K Krasnow Waterman](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/author/k-krasnow-waterman) on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 @ 12:11 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This letter was sent by email today to the office of NY State Senator Diane Sorvino.  **_________________________________________________________________**   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](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](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](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](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](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     Topics: [Gardasil](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/gardasil), [hpv vaccine](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/hpv-vaccine), [technology - medicine](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology-medicine) ### Subscribe by Email ### Latest Posts [![](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/hs-fs/file-13147345-gif/images/snooz.lti.gif?width=186&height=154&name=snooz.lti.gif)](http://www.snoozcast.com/downloads?source=kkw1) ### Browse by Tag - [b2c customer service (4)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/b2c-customer-service) - [Bangalore (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/bangalore) - [Beijing (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/beijing) - [China (4)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/china) - [Delhi (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/delhi) - [democracy (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/democracy) - [earnings in US (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/earnings-in-us) - [Gardasil (7)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/gardasil) - [gardasil paralysis (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/gardasil-paralysis) - [global outsourcing (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/global-outsourcing) - [hpv vaccine (7)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/hpv-vaccine) - [IIITB (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/iiitb) - [India (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/india) - [Kunming (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/kunming) - [MacBook AIR (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/macbook-air) - [Manhattan (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/manhattan) - [MIT - Sloan Fellows (14)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/mit-sloan-fellows) - [Myanmar (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/myanmar) - [net worth in US (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/net-worth-in-us) - [NY (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/ny) - [NY map (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/ny-map) - [privacy (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/privacy) - [product idea (6)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/product-idea) - [protest (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/protest) - [public policy (10)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/public-policy) - [savings in US (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/savings-in-us) - [Shanghai (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/shanghai) - [Southeast Asia (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/southeast-asia) - [technology (5)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology) - [technology - medicine (7)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology-medicine) - [technology b2c (5)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology-b2c) - [technology b2c customer service (2)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology-b2c-customer-service) - [technology for business managers (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology-for-business-managers) - [technology innovation (6)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/technology-innovation) - [VanGogh (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/vangogh) - [womens clothing sizes (4)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/womens-clothing-sizes) - [womens measurements (4)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/womens-measurements) - [Yangon (1)](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/blog/topic/yangon) Copyright © 2007 [Login](https://www.kkrasnowwaterman.com/Login.aspx)