On a completely different note, according to public health authorities, Gardasil is a vaccine for young girls from 9 to 15. It was announced in Quebec and everyone seems happy.
However, I was reading that young girls have died abroad, if I'm not mistaken; eight have died in the United States and in Germany. When we hear that, we can't help but wonder whether the drug might not be at fault. I realize we must be cautious. We cannot withdraw all drugs from the market. However, there have been eight deaths, and in Canada we continue to carry out massive inoculations. Apparently, this vaccine would counter the HPV strains responsible for cervical cancer.
Why do we continue to do this? Why isn't there a moratorium, why do we not stop this massive inoculation?
As a consumer, if I had a 9- or 11-year-old girl, I would be very concerned. Very few people know about this. We do because we sit on the Standing Committee on Health, we read more and try to be informed.
What type of information should there be? Does this raise a flag? A red flag? Nine-year-old girls cannot be concerned about developing cervical cancer 10 years from now. However, it is up to parents to make these decisions.