primary ovarian insufficiency

Premature ovarian failure and HPV vaccine — bad anti-vax “research”

Let me start right from the top — no link has been found between the HPV vaccine and premature ovarian failure. But that didn’t stop some “researchers” from dumpster-diving into the VAERS database to try to establish a link between the HPV vaccine and premature ovarian failure.

Since I enjoy doing this, I am going to review this paper and tell you, once again, why good vaccine research should never rely upon VAERS.

Study finds no link between HPV vaccine and primary ovarian insufficiency

One of the numerous tropes about the HPV vaccine was that it causes primary ovarian insufficiency, also known as premature ovarian failure, which happens when a woman’s ovaries stop working normally before she is 40.

Of course, there has been little affirmative evidence of primary ovarian insufficiency being related to the HPV vaccine, aside from anecdotes, but that never stops anti-vaxxers from pushing that false narrative.

Now, we have another large epidemiological study that shows, once again, that there is no link between the HPV vaccine and primary ovarian insufficiency. And, of course, the ancient feathered dinosaur is here to review that article so that you can debunk these claims whenever they show up.

HPV vaccine unrelated to primary ovarian insufficiency – debunking anti-vaccine myth

The HPV vaccine causes infertility through primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) – a belief unsupported by evidence. And the claim appears to be based on anti-vaccine ideology instead of real science.

Yes, I know, this story seems to repeat itself, but stay tuned, this is a good one. So let’s examine this myth from a scientific aspect and show how the HPV vaccine is actually unrelated to POI.

HPV vaccine does not cause infertility – RETRACTED study from Gayle DeLong

by Michael Simpson
2021-08-31
HPV vaccine, Pregnancy, Retraction, Vaccines

The claim that the HPV vaccine causes infertility comes from an economist, with absolutely no background in science, who wrote a lame and eventually retracted article. The claim is based on faulty logic, methodology, and statistics to the point that it was laughable.

I thought I had read it all, but here comes one out of recesses of the anti-vaccine mind – where logic and science disappear into a black hole. Gayle DeLong’s useless article that the HPV vaccine causes infertility – of course, it’s embraced by the anti-vaccine religion because they’ve got nothing else.

The anti-vaccine religion definitely hates the HPV vaccine more than any other one out there – claiming that it causes infertility is just part of the fear, uncertainty, and doubt campaign. They invent more lies about it while ignoring the overwhelming scientific consensus about the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness. But relying upon facts is generally not something found in the anti-vaccine wheelhouse.

Of course, the false claims about the HPV vaccine often rely upon pseudoscience produced by anti-vaccine shills like the oft-retracted Shaw and Tomljenovic, the infamous Lyons-Weiler, and the preposterous Shoenfeld. Because the anti-vaxxers lack any evidence to support their dislike of the HPV vaccine, they require the appeal to false authority to claim that these discredited pseudoscientists’ work is somehow more important than all of the body evidence, from real, respected scientists, that supports HPV vaccine safety and effectiveness.

So, let’s take a look at this new study from a non-scientist claiming that the HPV vaccine causes infertility. I almost thought about ignoring it, but it’s just too funny.

Gardasil vaccine is safe – supported by overwhelming scientific evidence

I have written nearly 200 articles on the HPV vaccine, and the simple conclusions based on the published evidence is that the Gardasil vaccine is safe and extremely effective. This is essentially settled science.

Of course, the anti-vaccine zealots continue to push the narrative that somehow the HPV vaccine causes all kinds of harms, almost all of these claims without merit. In other words, they lack any verifiable and reliable evidence.

On the other hand, researchers continue to examine whether the Gardasil vaccine is safe, and the simple interpretation of that evidence is that the HPV vaccine is incredibly safe, and there is no evidence of major adverse events linked to the vaccine.

Because there is such a large volume of published evidence supporting the fact that the Gardasil vaccine is safe, I thought I would look at the four best, highest-quality published articles that support this claim. Maybe you all can use it when some anti-vaxxer tries to tell you that the HPV vaccine makes some specious claims about its safety.Read More »Gardasil vaccine is safe – supported by overwhelming scientific evidence

HPV vaccine adverse events – study of 11 years of use in Australia

The anti-vaccine crowd loves to push claims about awful HPV vaccine adverse events, scientific evidence has never supported it. Fortunately, numerous large studies have shown over and over and over that HPV vaccine adverse events are rare and not serious.

Now, we have a robust new study from Australia, one of the first countries to provide the vaccine free to its citizens, that has followed HPV vaccine adverse events for over 11 years. And just to cut to the chase, they didn’t find anything serious, but I’ll go into detail below.Read More »HPV vaccine adverse events – study of 11 years of use in Australia

Primary ovarian insufficiency unrelated to HPV vaccine – anti-vaxxers will move goalposts

Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), previously known as premature ovarian failure, is one of those tropes pushed by the anti-vaccine religion – HPV vaccines cause POF. Although there is no robust epidemiological or clinical evidence of a link between the vaccine and primary ovarian insufficiency, the myth persists.

The overall safety of the HPV vaccine has been shown over and over again in multiple huge epidemiological studies published in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals. And in those studies, which include millions of patients, there have been no safety signals regarding primary ovarian insufficiency. Yet, the myth persists.

We’ve got a new large study, published in a top-ranked journal, that, once again, refutes this myth. Let’s take a look.Read More »Primary ovarian insufficiency unrelated to HPV vaccine – anti-vaxxers will move goalposts