The Claim:
Because SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is a diagnosis given when no other explanation can be found for a baby’s untimely death, parents often wonder if vaccination could be the cause. While Candace Owens worked to promote that idea this year, a study hinted at a possible non-vaccine cause.
The Facts:
As Jonathon Swift once wrote: “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” Sadly, SIDS rates increased slightly in 2020, as newly published data shows.
The claims about 2020 are just another in a long list of non-existent correlations. A number of previous studies show no correlation between vaccines and SIDS. One meta-analysis even suggests that vaccines halve the risk of SIDS.
Public health initiatives such as back-to-sleep campaigns and vaccination can save lives.