Founder Of Children's Charity Hits Out At HSE Comments On HPV Vaccine
Founder of the Jack and Jill foundation has hit back at comments made by the HSE on the HPV vaccine, saying they are "disgraceful".
Jonathan Irwin was responding to comment's made by the Director of the HSE Tony O'Brien who said the scaremongering around the HPV vaccine must stop or people will die, describing parents as "emotional terrorists".
Jonathan Irwin says his 17 year old daughter Molly received the vaccine when she was 13 and now has all the side effects listed on the Gardasil information leaflet by makers Merck Sharp.
The uptake for the cervical cancer vaccine has fallen as low as 50% from a high of 90%.
Speaking to RedFM News Jack & Jills Jonathan Irwin says the HSE should not make these parents the enemy:
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