Comments on: Cervical cancer jab: how the newspapers have learned nothing from MMR

By: lara

lara — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:43:18 +0000

im 12 and were being offererd the vaccine soon if it saves lives i might as well have it:)

By: keith

keith — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:21:36 +0000

Well-researched!
I think the fundamental thing here is the blind equating of "after" with "because of". Th word "after" has become a potent innuendo for the press. Can no one accept the possibility (probability!) of coincidence?

What is particularly annoying about it is this approach is ANTI-science - not deliberately, but accidentally because of stupidity or laziness.

Astonishing and saddening the breadth of the variety of papers that chose to report it this way.

By: Cheating death « Measured musings

Cheating death « Measured musings — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:45:58 +0000

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By: Help correct the damage from the media’s irresponsible coverage of the cervical cancer vaccine

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:35:39 +0000

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By: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Scaremongering Pits Google Against The Blogosphere « Jon Bernstein

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:17:43 +0000

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By: links for 2009-10-01 « Jon Bernstein

links for 2009-10-01 « Jon Bernstein — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:28 +0000

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By: Cervical cancer jab: Google fuelling unnecessary fears » malcolm coles

Cervical cancer jab: Google fuelling unnecessary fears » malcolm coles — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:44:50 +0000

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By: Malcolm Coles: ‘Cervical cancer jab reports show the newspapers have learned nothing from MMR’ | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:06:47 +0000

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By: Papers continue shameful coverage of vaccination death » malcolm coles

Papers continue shameful coverage of vaccination death » malcolm coles — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:19:27 +0000

[...] posted yesterday about the shameful reporting of the tragic death of a girl who died on the same day as getting the cervical cancer vaccine - and how, without any evidence of [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:25:06 +0000

http://is.gd/3Nxgy

Dr Caron Grainger, joint director of public health for NHS Coventry and Coventry city council, said in a statement "it was most unlikely that the HPV vaccination was the cause of death".

The preliminary results , she said, "have revealed a serious underlying medical condition which was likely to have caused death. We are awaiting further test results which will take some time." She extended her sympathies to Natalie's family "during this difficult time".

I'd like to think that this will be reported in such large letters as yesterday's story, but I'm sure I'm being vastly over-optimistic.