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Ruby Shallom, 16 years old, had her third shot of the HPV Gardasil vaccine at her school last September 2014. At first, it didn’t seem to bother her since all of her other friends in her year were having it. Also, she already had the first two injections of the vaccine so that she would feel secure and protected from the cervical cancer caused by the human papillomavirus.
According to Mirror, Ruby and some of her friends suddenly became nauseous. Then, they started to suffer from mild stomach pain after the first round of injections. Despite all of this pain, Ruby thought that there was nothing to worry about. Fast forward to her current condition, Ruby is now paralyzed, and she’s blaming the vaccines for it.
Ruby is paralyzed from the neck down with only her left hand as her remaining body part under her control.
Ruby, who lives in Bracknell, Berkshire, said, “The thought of having vaccinations has never worried me. I’m from a pro-vaccine family and my mum tells me that I had no bad reactions at all to any vaccinations as a baby.”
However, after the third injection in her body, Ruby suddenly felt sick and suffered from extreme stomach cramps. Ruby said, “I was taken to hospital, where the pain got worse and I started having heart palpitations. It was awful – I’d never felt pain like it.”
Nicola Shallom, Ruby’s mom, thought differently about the whole situation. Nicola said, “Two doctors have said to us that the vaccine caused the initial problem and that all her other problems have stemmed from that. They won’t put this in writing though. One actually said that although it’s highly likely the vaccine caused the severe reaction, no doctor will admit it openly.”
Ruby concluded, “What they will put in writing though is that I have a psychiatric condition that’s nothing to do with the vaccine.”
Routine vaccine for HPV was initially introduced in September 2008 for every girl between the ages of 12 and 13 in the 8th year of school in England. The vaccination is part of the NHS childhood vaccination program, which used Cervarix and then replaced by Gardasil four years later.
According to Mirror, 3,064 new cases of diagnosed cervical cancer each year in the United Kingdom. Around 919 of these cases result to death.
The vaccine works effectively against certain strains of HPV which are generally transmitted during sexual contact. If left untreated, HPV can develop into cervical cancer.
