“What Causes SIDS?” Sources

• SIDS used to be rare: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8255173/

• The term “SIDS” was not used until 1969: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6474527/

• SIDS an official cause of death in 1979: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000704.htm

• 5,000 SIDS deaths in 1980: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/nat80_1acc.pdf

• “Back to Sleep” Campaign launched in 1994: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/98news/sids.htm

• Significant decline in SIDS deaths by 2000: https://www.cdc.gov/sudden-infant-death/data-research/data/sids-deaths-by-cause.html

• No significant change to overall number of infant deaths after the Back to Sleep Campaign: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8255173/, https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/115/5/1247/67529/Changes-in-the-Classification-of-Sudden-Unexpected?redirectedFrom=fulltext

• 95% of school aged children had documented immunizations in 1981: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/224/Supplement_4/S443/6378087?login=false

• Highly suggestive causal relationship found between SIDS and vaccines: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8255173/

• 1982 study found that vaccinated babies died from SIDS most often at age 2 and 4 months (same ages when babies received initial doses of DPT vaccine): https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Neurology&title=Diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus%20(DPT)%20immunization:%20a%20potential%20cause%20of%20the%20sudden%20infant%20death%20syndrome%20(SIDS).%20American%20Academy%20of%20Neurology,%2034th%20Annual%20Meeting,%20Apr%2025-May%201,%201982&author=W.C.%20Torch&volume=32&issue=4,%20part%202&publication_year=1982&pages=A169-170&, https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/Torch-Article-Session-SIDS-Child-Neurology-1982.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

• SIDS is listed as a potential adverse reaction to the DTaP vaccine in the package insert: https://www.fda.gov/media/75157/download?attachment

• Decline in SIDS deaths in Australia followed decline in childhood vaccination rates: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-infant-mortality-declining-sudden-unexpected.html#google_vignette

• Japan records lowest infant mortality rate in the world after vaccination is delayed to two years: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-infant-mortality-declining-sudden-unexpected.html#google_vignette

• Simultaneous twin SIDS deaths defy credibility: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8255173/

• U.S. highest in infant mortality and in infant vaccines: Vax Facts: What to Consider Before Vaccinating at All Ages & All Stages of Life by Paul Thomas, M.D., and DeeDee Hoover