Are vaccinated children so much more unhealthy?
Claims that vaccinated children are more unhealthy rest on an unfinished Henry Ford paper. It was never submitted and had serious flaws.
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Claims that vaccinated children are more unhealthy rest on an unfinished Henry Ford paper. It was never submitted and had serious flaws.
Amish vaccination is not zero, and autism occurs in never-vaccinated people. Studies find no meaningful difference in autism rates.
Vaccine benefits are not exaggerated. A CDC study projects lifetime illness and death prevented across millions of children born from 1994 onward.
The Children’s Health Defense paper claiming vaccinated 2-month-olds die more often was never peer reviewed and has multiple methodological flaws.
Japan’s vaccine delay didn’t cause SIDS to drop. Rates rose until 1998, when a safe-sleep program launched. Vaccinated kids have lower SIDS risk.
Many vaccines have been tested with saline placebos, contrary to Del Bigtree’s claim. Active controls are also valid when a safe vaccine exists.
Studies don’t link vaccines to SIDS. A journal retracted Neil Z Miller’s article for misusing VAERS data; RFK Jr. questioned the removal.
Children get far fewer than 72 vaccinations, even counting boosters and combos. The 72 figure in the Thomas lawsuit against the CDC is misleading.
Measles is far deadlier than the MMR vaccine. Paul Thomas’s claim compares mismatched numbers; pre-vaccine measles killed about 1 in 6,000 cases.
In a new video, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny claims that before the vaccine, measles deaths were very rare and that the vaccine isn’t needed.