Cervarix Underlying conditions
[Big fat lie: "A spokesman for drug maker GlaxoSmithKline insisted there was “no evidence to suggest that the vaccine carries any long-term side-effects”, and since when did a 'malignant chest tumour' kill you in two hours without any previous symptoms?]
05th October 2009
The parents of Stacey Jones, 18, believe the Cervarix injection triggered swelling in her brain which then caused epileptic fits.
They say she is now “zombified” and having to re-learn basic skills like making a sandwich.
Heartbroken mum Julie, 44, from Bilston, West Midlands, said: “She was such a lovely, happy-go-lucky girl, now she is just a shell.
“I really feel she has been used as a guinea pig. I don’t think there is enough evidence that the vaccination programme is safe — this all happened days after Stacey was given the vaccine.
“We don’t have any other explanation for what triggered her brain injury.”
The jab — which has been given to more than a million UK girls — protects against cervical cancer but can cause mild side-effects such as rashes, pain and allergies. Last week Natalie Morton, 14, from Coventry, died hours after having the jab.
But a post-mortem revealed the cause of death was a malignant chest tumour.
Stacey’s case has been reported to drug watchdog MHRA.
A spokesman for drug maker GlaxoSmithKline insisted there was “no evidence to suggest that the vaccine carries any long-term side-effects”.