Age of Autism
By Kim Stagliano
March 17, 2009
We've learned today that Jenny Tetlock passed away on Sunday. Her neurologists cited an unusual form of childhood ALS. Others point to Gardasil. Our sincere condolences to her family whose blog is HERE. Below is a post we ran last July.
This article on the paralysis of Miss Jenny Tetlock, perhaps from her Gardasil vaccination, is from US News and World Report, a bastion of mainstream, conservative reporting.
Note that her father is a professor at a top university. We wish the Tetlock family, especially young Jenny, well. We wrote about her tragic situation HERE. Did blogs help move this story along? We hope so.
About a month after being vaccinated against the cervical cancer-causing HPV virus, 13-year-old Jenny Tetlock missed the lowest hurdle in gym class, the first hint of the degenerative muscle disease that, 15 months later, has left the previously healthy teenager nearly completely paralyzed. Did the vaccine, Gardasil, cause her condition? Her father, Philip Tetlock, a psychology professor at UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, has embarked on an odyssey to find out whether the vaccine or random coincidence is to blame.
Read the full article HERE. Please visit the Tetlock's blog HERE for updates, and to share your support.
My heart goes out to the Tetlock family and to Jenny's many young friends. This is such a painful loss.
Many mothers, who have daughters that have had reactions following the Gardasil vaccine have followed Jenny's story hoping and praying for a miracle that didn't come. For those mothers this is a very sad day, not knowing what is in the future for there own daughters. There is only sadness and outrage.
Our prayers are for you, Jenny and your family,
May God Bless