Hi @scotstudies, that's a very intelligent point you brought up... source #1 "shows the rate of cervical cancer and death rates have fallen consistently since the HPV vaccine was released."
I can't prove this, and if I could I'd probably be in some trouble but I personally believe the government skews statistics towards their own goals and campaigns. I'm not saying this is the case with these stats, I just don't know. It is easy to make statistics inaccurate, just like with other causes of death. When people die, we often ask ourselves, what's the cause of death? That can be a complicated answer, one that's easy to fudge on.
For instance, if I die of cervical cancer I probably could have also died of heart failure or some type of complication due to the cervical cancer. It would be easy to record heart failure under my cause of death. The statistics would be skewed in the process. (Just a theory)
Why do I think that this vaccine is not helping? Dr Mercola made a great point on one of his articles here: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/20/does-gardasil-actually-increase-your-risk-of-cervical-cancer.aspx
He says, "Only 2 percent have strains 16 or 18 – the two that Gardasil and Cervarix protect against – meaning this vaccine is completely unnecessary because HPV infection very rarely leads to cancer. Women whose partners wore condoms during vaginal intercourse are 70 percent less likely to become infected with HPV. That's a FAR greater level of protection than you can get from this vaccine!"