7th graders in Rhode Island are to be forced to take a Gardasil HPV vaccine as part of strict rules about attending school. As reported by the Providence Journal, Starting this fall, seventh-graders in all public and private schools will be required to get a vaccine that protects against a sexually transmitted virus linked to various genital cancers, especially cervical cancer in women. Students who fail to get the vaccine for HPV — or the human papillomavirus — will be precluded from attending school unless their parents seek an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Despite reports of adverse reactions and infertility as a result of taking the vaccine, local authorities are ignoring the concerns of parents and insisting that students take the mandatory HPV shot. Naturalnews.com reports: Locally, some parents are already agitating against the vaccine, saying it’s an intrusion by the government into private matters and that the vaccine’s side effects can be serious. But Tricia Washburn, chief of the office of immunization for the Rhode Island Department of Health, said the vaccine has been thoroughly studied by the Centers for Disease Control, which monitors adverse outcomes, and no safety concerns were found. The CDC has shown that they cannot [...]