Vaccines and SIDS
| Claims | Vaccines are claimed to cause sudden infant death syndrome |
|---|---|
| Year proposed | 1991 |
| Original proponents | Attributed to Robert Mendelsohn |
| Subsequent proponents | Viera Scheibner, Kelly Brogan |
| (Overview of pseudoscientific concepts) | |
A speculated link between vaccines and sudden infant death syndrome. The World Health Organization has classified this as a "common misconception".[4]
Some also claim that a
vaccine court case, Boatmon v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 13-611 (Fed. Cl. 2017), proves this link. While compensation was awarded to Boatmon, this did not prove any link,[5] and the award was in any case vacated in July 2018 as the Special master had applied too low a standard of proof.[6]
Multiple studies and meta-analyses have shown that vaccinated children are less likely to die of SIDS.[7]
References
- ^ "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Vaccines". U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 14 August 2020.
Vaccines have not been shown to cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- ^ "Antivaccine propaganda from Dr. W. Gifford-Jones in The Toronto Sun". Science-Based Medicine. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ISBN 9780473018467. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "Six common misconceptions about immunization". WHO. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "No, a Vaccine Court ruling does not show that vaccines cause SIDS". Science-Based Medicine. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Judge, THOMAS C. WHEELER. "BOATMON v. SECRETARY OF HHS". Leagle. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "Vaccines and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)". www.cdc.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-02-01.