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This is not a study. This is an article on a study which is to be published

in the future. This article asserts that a link between SIDS and vaccination

is not proven but offers no evidence to prove that this connection has been

disproven.

Please read the following abstracts - from a time before drug companies were

openly buying researchers:

Characteristics of DPT Postvaccinal Deaths and DPT-caused Sudden Infant

Death Syndrome (SIDS): A Review C. Torch, Reno, NV, Neurology 36

(Suppl 1) April 1986

Eleven new DPT-SIDS cases by Torch (1985) and over 150 DPT-postvaccinal

deaths have been reported in the literature by 37 authors in 12 countries.

About 50% of the deaths occurred within 24 hours of DPT, 75% in 72 hours,

90% within 1 week and the rest within 20 months following protracted

reactions. About one-half were sudden (SIDS-like or anaphylactic; about

one-half followed neurotoxic or systemic symptoms (dyspnea, apnea, seizures,

shock, irritability, lethargy, apathy, coma, decerebrate-decorticate

rigidity, spasticity, hypotonia or paralysis). Of death in the first 24

hours, about three-fourths were SIDS-like, one -fourth neurotoxic; between

24 and 72 hours, one-half SIDS-like, one-half neurotoxic, after 72 hours,

one-fifth SIDS like, four-fifths neurotoxic. In deaths within 3 hours of

DPT, the brain was normal; up to 5 days (maximally, between 6 and 72 hours),

varying degrees of brain edema, vascular congestion, petechia or hemmorhage,

monocystic infiltrates, and neuronal degeneration were seen. In some later

deaths, demyelination, gliosis or atrophy was seen. This and other authors

noted similar pathology between natural pertussis and DPT postvaccinal

encephalopathy and SIDS pathology including blood in nares, mouth , or

lungs; petechia in pleura, pericardium and thymus; vascular congestion,

pneumonitis, thymic and lymphoid changes. Ages ranged from 11 days to 3

years 4 months. About one fourth of the cases died outside the 2 to 6 month

peak SIDS range. The male/female ratio was about 1:1. Ratio of death due

to DPT # 1,2,3, and 4 was about 24:31:6:4. Many dying of DPT had URIs at

the time, allergy or previous DPT reactions. These findings indicate a

toxic, immune or allergic process resulting in death at an age when SIDS

peaks in infants, when DPT 1,2 and 3 are given. Although many feel that the

DPT-SIDS relationship is temporal, this author and others maintain a causal

relationship exists in a yet to be determined SIDS fraction.

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- when you read the following abstract, be aware that it was actually

funded by the US government. Baraff was hired to create a study to disprove

the link between SIDS and vaccination. After a very short time, it was

obvious that the link was there and not only was it there, it was incredibly

OBVIOUS! The US government called the study off but Baraff published the

results anyway. This is the same study which showed that 1 child in 350 who

received the DPT vaccine was suffering convulsions. Despite this, the

vaccine continued to be used for over 15 more years in the US and even

longer in australia where it is still used today.

Baraff, LJ, Ablon, WJ, Weiss, RC; Possible temporal association between

diphtheria-tetanus toxoid pertussis vaccination and sudden infant death

syndrome; Pediatric Infections Diseases; Jan-Feb 1983; 2 (1) 7-11.

Because diphtheria and tetanus toxoids pertussis (DTP) vaccine is

routinely given during the period of highest incidence of sudden infant

death syndrome (SIDS), this study was undertaken to determine if there is a

temporal association between DTP immunization and SIDS. Parents of the 145

SIDS victims who died in Los Angeles County between January 1, 1979 and

August 23, 1980, were contacted and interviewed regarding their child’s

recent immunization history. Fifty-three had received a DTP immunization.

Of these 53, 27 had received a DTP immunization within 28 days of death.

Six SIDS deaths occurred within 24 hours and 17 occurred within 1 week of

DTP immunization. These SIDS deaths were significantly more than expected

were there no association between DTP immunization and SIDS. An additional

46 infants had a physician/clinic visit without DTP immunization prior to

death. Forty of these infants died within 28 days of this visit. These

deaths were also significantly more than expected. These data suggest a

temporal association between DTP immunization, physician visits without DTP

immunization and SIDS.

Torch, WC; Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus (DPT) Immunization: A Potential

Cause of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); Neurology, April 1982

A recent report of eight DPT-associated cot deaths in Tennessee, and

knowledge of four sudden deaths within 3 ½ to 19 hours of inoculation in

Nevada (in three infants and one 3-year0old child) stimulated a study on the

relationship of SIDS to DPT immunization in over 200 randomly reported SIDS

cases. Preliminary data on the first 70 cases studied shows that 2/3 had

been immunized prior to death. DPT #1,2 and 3 were administered on the

average at age 2,4 and 6 months, respectively. In the DPT SIDS group, 6.5%

died within 12 hours of inoculation; 13% within 24 hours; 26% within 3 days,

37%, 61% and 70% within 1, 2 and 3 weeks, respectively. Significant SIDS

clustering occurred within the first 2 to 3 weeks of DPT #1,2,3 or 4. The

age range of the DPT group was 59 days to 3 years (mean age, 3 months); for

the non-DPT group, 17 to 172 days (mean age, 2 months). SIDS frequencies

peaked at age 2 months in the non-DPT group, and had a biphasic peak

occurrence at 2 and 4 months in the DPT group. DPT # 1 and 2 were

associated with more SIDS than #3 or 4 (ratio 30:11:4:1). Males and females

were equally affected. Cot death occurred maximally in the fall/winter

season in the non-DPT group, but was not seasonal in the DPT group. Death

occurred most often in sleep in healthy allergy-free infants following brief

periods of irritability, crying, lethargy, upper respiratory tract symptoms,

and sleep disturbance. Autopsy findings in both groups were typical of SIDS

(e.g. petechiae of lung, pleura, pericardium and thymus; vascular

congestion.)

Cherry, J.D., Brunell, P.A., Golden, G.S., Karzon, D.T., (1988), Report of

the task force on pertussis and pertussis immunization, Pediatrics 81:6 Part

11 (June 1988) Supplement pp 936-984.

Excerpt: The rate of severe reactions does not differ significantly between

the acellular and whole-cell vaccines when used at 24 months of age. The

decrease in severe reactions is slight, if any. The category “sudden death”

is also instructive in that the entity disappeared following both whole-cell

and acellular vaccines when immunisation was delayed until a child was 24

months of age.

It is clear that delaying the initial vaccination until a child is

24 months, regardless of the type of vaccine, reduces most of the temporally

associated severe adverse events.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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