Over the past 2-3 years, myths have appeared regularly regarding the Japanese Health Ministry’s actions regarding HPV vaccine, specifically Gardasil. Of course, the antivaccine groups have jumped all over it , and still get most of them get the facts about Japan and HPV vaccine all wrong.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is not suspending the use of the vaccination, but it has instructed local governments not to promote the use of the medicine while studies are conducted on the matter.
So far, an estimated 8.9 million people have received the vaccination, out of which, 176 cases of possible side effects, including body pain, have been reported. (Note, the Health Ministry was investigating 43 adverse events out of around 3.3 million HPV vaccinations.)
Menta, check out the conflicts of interest of the authors the you quoted from.
Goodnight.
