Why do some people think that 58% of SIDS deaths occur within 3 days of vaccination?
The usual suspects…
Do 58% of SIDS Deaths Occur Within 3 Days of Vaccination?
In this case, anti-vaccine influencers are pushing the results of a “study” by Neil Z. Miller.
A “study” by Neil Z. Miller that was retracted because of “post-publication concerns raised by readers regarding potential research errors and methodological flaws in this article.”
“In particular, serious methodological flaws were identified in the use of VAERS data to infer a correlation between vaccination and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Given the inherent limitations of passive reporting systems, including the expected temporal clustering of events independent of causality, the conclusions presented in the article are not supported by the methodology employed. In light of these concerns, and given the potential implications for medical practice, the Editor-in-Chief has decided that the article should be removed.”
REMOVED: Vaccines and sudden infant death: An analysis of the VAERS database 1990–2019 and review of the medical literature
A “study” in which Miller looked at all infant deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) between 1990 and 2019.
A “study” which did not account for reporting bias?
What’s that?
It is the idea that you are much more likely to associate two things as being related and report them if they occur close together.
What else?
There was no unvaccinated comparison group in his study.
Plus there are many other better-controlled SIDS studies have found no association with vaccines:
Sudden infant death syndrome: no increased risk after immunisation
Immunisation and the sudden infant death syndrome. New Zealand Cot Death Study Group - found that only 4% of SIDS cases had been vaccinated in the previous four days, compared with 7.6% of controls
Sudden unexpected death in infants under 3 months of age and vaccination status – a case-control study - found that vaccines posed no statistically significant increase in risk for SIDS
The UK accelerated immunisation programme and sudden unexpected death in infancy: case-control study - found no increased risk associated with vaccination, including after the UK added more vaccines to its infant vaccination schedule
Sudden infant death syndrome: no increased risk after immunisation - found that SIDS cases were immunised less frequently and later than controls
Do immunisations reduce the risk for SIDS? A meta-analysis - found that immunisations were associated with a halving of the risk of SIDS
Reanalyses of case-control studies examining the temporal association between sudden infant death syndrome and vaccination - examined different time periods after vaccinations and investigated whether the risk of sudden infant death is different during the post-vaccination period than at other times and found no increased risk of sudden infant death during the postvaccination period.
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunization and sudden infant death: results of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Cooperative Epidemiological Study of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome risk factors - found that DTP immunization is not a significant factor in the occurrence of SIDS
So now can we retract those tweets from Jake Shields and Larry Cook?