Zeda Pingel before and after HPV vaccination. She received the

quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine, also known as Gardasil.

Zeda now lives in a hospital bed in her family’s living room.

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A healthy and happy eight-month-old Michelle Cedillo, pictured with her father.

Michelle Cedillo was born on

August 30, 1994. Like other

children born in the US at that

time, she received twelve

mandated vaccines containing

ethylmercury.

At fifteen months, Michelle

received the combination

measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)

vaccine. Seven days later, she

developed a fever of over 105

degrees. Since then, she has

suffered many severe medical

problems—autism, mental

retardation, life-threatening

seizures, inflammatory bowel

disease, uveitis, partial blindness,

and arthritis. Michelle cannot

talk, cannot walk unassisted,

and cannot care for herself. She

requires round-the-clock care.

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