SLOBODNI podcast #141 — Dr. Lucija Tomljenović: HPV Vaccines Do More Harm Than Good

Donate: 🙏 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/slobodnipoI In this episode of SLOBODNI podcast, I speak with Dr. Lucija Tomljenović about one of the most controversial questions in modern public health: do HPV vaccines prevent cancer — and what do the clinical trials actually prove (and fail to prove)? Tomljenović argues that the public narrative (“safe and effective”) often runs ahead of what was really measured in pre-licensure trials — and that key details (especially about trial controls / “placebos”) matter for both science and informed consent. In this conversation, we cover: Cancer prevention vs. surrogate endpoints: what outcomes were used in trials, and what that means for “prevents cancer” claims The placebo problem: why an active control (e.g., aluminum-adjuvanted control in some trials) can blur safety signals Informed consent & ethics: what participants were told, what they may not have been told, and why that matters Regulatory trust: what should be publicly available for parents and policymakers before any push toward mandates The bigger question: how to separate medicine-as-science from medicine-as-PR (especially when healthy adolescents are involved) If you think you already “know” the HPV story, this is exactly the episode to test that assumption — calmly, with documents and logic, not slogans. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTy3oXCzHShsVuJ-zfiGnx96nuR-BNWB WEB: https://slobodnipodcast.hr/?p=1402