Reply #203: That's NOT what the website said, which is why you didn't link it.

[mhatrw]

http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/g/gardasil/gardasil_ppi.pdf

What are the ingredients in GARDASIL?

The main ingredients are purified inactive proteins that come from HPV Types 6, 11, 16, and 18.

It also contains amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, L-histidine, polysorbate 80, sodium borate, and water for injection.

The difference may or may not be significant. But note that the diction of MERCK's literature "it also contains" is ambiguous concerning whether or not this list of ingredients is comprehensive.

I believe the study just like you do. The study showed that GARDACIL reduced observable HPV infections significantly over the period observed in comparison to the the alum adjuvant only "placebo."

What I dispute is that:

1) an aluminum adjuvant injection was a good placebo control for analyzing short term side effects,

2) sufficient tests have been done on amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, L-histidine and polysorbate 80 injections in mammals to determine that there are no long term health effects associated with these adjuvant and "filler" ingedients,

3) we are certain that there are no long team health problems that associated with this vaccine,

4) we have determined the long term efficacy of this vaccine,

5) we understand how that obviously reduced observable HPV infections of the vaccinated subjects quantitatively relate to reduced instances of cervical cancer and/or cervical cancer mortality, and

6) that a non-infectious, sexually communicable virus that we think may cause a generally treatable form of cancer is a good candidate for mandatory vaccination in any case.

Is all that clear now?