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Editor Comments: A new study was published online yesterday by Human & Experimental Toxicology showing a clear correlation in the US between the increase in infant mortality rates and the increase in the number of vaccines infants receive in the US. The title of the study is: “Infant mortality rates regressed against number of vaccine doses routinely given: Is there a biochemical or synergistic toxicity?” The authors of the study are Neil Z Miller and Gary S Goldman. The entire study is available free online.
The study points out that while the United States spends more per capita on health care than any other country, 33 nations have better infant mortality rates (IMRs). Some countries have IMRs that are less than half the US rate: Singapore, Sweden, and Japan are below 2.80. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ‘‘The relative position of the United States in comparison to countries with the lowest infant mortality rates appears to be worsening.’’
In reviewing the 33 nations with lower IMRs and the United States, the study found differences in their immunization requirements for infants aged less than 1 year. In 2009, five of the 34 nations with the best IMRs required 12 vaccine doses, the least amount, while the United States required 26 vaccine doses, the most of any nation. To explore the correlation between vaccine doses that nations routinely give to their infants and their infant mortality rates, the study performed a linear regression analysis.
While correlation does not prove causation, it does provoke quite a few questions. The discussion part of the study raises some very pertinent questions that should spur more research. From the study:
It appears that at a certain stage in nations’ movement up the socio-economic scale—after the basic necessitiesfor infant survival (proper nutrition, sanitation, clean water, and access to health care) have been met—a counter-intuitive relationship occurs between the number of vaccines given to infants and infant mortality rates: nations with higher (worse) infant mortality rates give their infants, on average, more vaccine doses. This positive correlation, derived from the data and demonstrated in Figures 1 and 2, elicits an important inquiry: are some infant deaths associated with over-vaccination?
The study then goes on to look at Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and its possible link to the increase in infant vaccinations.
Read the full study here: http://het.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/05/04/0960327111407644.full.pdf+html
Vaccine Epidemic
by Louise Kuo Habakus and Mary Holland J.D.
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