Over the years, parents have more and more commonly been blamed of child
abuse if their child is diagnosed with the “triad” of injuries
associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) after receiving a vaccine.
The “triad” includes bleeding inside the brain, bleeding behind the eyes
and swelling or inflammation of the brain.
When a medical professional suspects that a baby has been violently
shaken, they will examine the baby for the “triad” of injuries
associated with SBS. These are subdural haematoma (bleeds inside the
brain), retinal haemorrhages (bleeds behind the eyes) and cerebral edema
(swelling or inflammation inside the brain).
The Triad of Injuries...
Bleeding Inside the Brain
Norman Guthkelch, a retired neurosurgeon, wrote the first description of
Shaken Baby Syndrome in 1971 in his paper "Infantile Subdural Haematoma
and its Relationship to Whiplash Injuries," in which he discussed 23
cases of strongly suspected parental assault on children under the age
of three. He concluded that:
It has been shown that there is a discrepancy
between the frequency of subdural hematoma occurring in battered
children and of the same condition complicating head injuries of other
origin, the incidence in the former being unexpectedly high, though in
most of those in whom there was no actual skull fracture there was not
even clear evidence of the application of direct violence to the head.
This suggests that when the head is not the main target of attack the
likely mechanism of production of the hematoma is one in which repeated
sheering strains of one sort or another are applied to the cranial
contents.
It follows that since
all cases of infantile subdural hematoma are best assumed to be
traumatic unless proved otherwise it would be unwise to disregard the
possibility that one of these has been caused by serious violence,
repetition of which may prove fatal, simply on the basis that there are
no gross fractures or other radiological bone changes in the limbs, nor
any fractures of the skull. [1]
However, the violent shaking of a young child is not the only cause of
the triad of injuries. These injuries can also occur after short falls,
illnesses such as encephalitis and meningitis, birth trauma, vitamin
deficiencies and genetic illnesses such as brittle bone syndrome. These
causes are identified on the
British Medical Journal’s online guide "Best Practice: Abusive Head Trauma in Infants." [2]
Bleeding Behind the Eyes
The paper written by attorney Dermot Garrett entitled "Overcoming
Defense Expert Testimony in Abusive Head Trauma Cases" indicates this
fact very strongly when the author discusses retinal bleeding on page
35. [3] Garrett writes that a presentation at the 2010 American
Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Annual Meeting
analyzed the results of 62 studies of pediatric retinal hemorrhages
published since 1965.
Garrett says that all of the children studied were younger than 11 years
of age, had undergone a detailed examination by an ophthalmologist and
had been diagnosed with retinal hemorrhages due to confirmed accidental
head trauma or non-accidental head trauma. The results of the analysis
showed that seventy-eight percent of patients with confirmed accidental
head trauma had retinal hemorrhages, in comparison to just 5.3 percent
of the non-accidental head trauma patients, proving that not all cases
of retinal bleeds are necessarily caused by child abuse.
Swelling Inside the Brain
Another
cause of the triad of injuries associated with SBS is vaccine-induced
meningitis/encephalitis, a severe reaction to vaccinations.
Early in 2013, Marahendra K. Patel et al. published a paper in the
Journal of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics,
which discusses the case of a five month-old baby boy diagnosed with
suspected post-vaccination encephalopathy following the DPT vaccination.
Tests concluded that a reaction to the DPT vaccination was probable and
in their discussion, the authors discussed several other worrying cases
of similar reactions from India. [4]
In 2010, Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic wrote an extensive paper exposing
evidence that she uncovered surrounding many cases in which children
developed encephalitis or meningitis after they received vaccinations
from as early as 1983, which she says were deliberately covered up by
the UK government’s JCVI (Joint Committee for Vaccination and
Immunization). [5]
Dr. Viera Scheibner mentions vaccine-induced encephalomyelitis,
characterized by brain swelling and hemorrhaging, in 1998 when she wrote
a paper published in
Nexus titled "Shaken Baby Syndrome: The
Vaccination Link." She had become so worried that parents were being
falsely accused after their children had suffered a vaccine injury that
she opened her paper by stating:
Some time ago I started getting requests from
lawyers or the accused parents themselves for expert reports. A close
study of the history of these cases revealed something distinctly
sinister: in every single case, the symptoms appeared shortly after the
baby’s vaccinations.
While
investigating the personal medical history of these babies based on the
care-givers’ diaries and medical records, I quickly established that
these babies were given one or more of the series of so-called routine
shots-hepatitis B, DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus), polio and HiB
(Haemophilus influenza type B) – shortly before they developed symptoms
of illness resulting in serious brain damage or death. [6]
Finally,
Dr. Harold Buttram and F. Edward Yazbak wrote on the subject of false
accusations of SBS and vaccine-induced encephalitis in their paper
titled Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine Induced Encephalitis: The Story
of Baby Alan. [7]
Dr. Buttram opens his paper by stating:
In the following report Dr. Yazbak and myself
have reviewed the case of an infant death which we believe to have been
mistakenly diagnosed as shaken baby syndrome, the true cause of death in
our opinions having been a vaccine-induced encephalitis. Having
carefully followed the case and its developments for nearly a year, the
report represents untold numbers of hours of study and investigation
into the many technical parameters of the case. From this study we have
come to realize that this case is representative of an emerging pattern
of increasingly frequent vaccine reactions on the modern scene, which
are being overlooked or misdiagnosed by our present health-care system.
The
Story of Baby Alan is a poignant one, all the more so because it is
something that could happen to any young couple or parent. Although the
story is necessarily technical, nevertheless we urge that you read it.
If you are a young person contemplating having a family, it is something
that could happen to you.
Despite all of this evidence,
however, parents continue to be blamed of shaking their babies before
all other possible diagnoses have been fully explored.
The Reid Technique
When
SBS or non-accidental head injury is suspected, the police will
interview the parents or caregiver who was caring for the child at the
time the child became ill. According to parents who have undergone this
interview, the interview process is extremely intimidating, and many
succumb to the bullying tactics used, either by admitting that they
injured their child or by accepting a plea bargain.
This may be due to the use of the ‘Reid Technique,’ a technique which is
often used when interviewing a person suspected of shaking their child.
[8, 9]
The Reid Technique is used in police departments around the world. It is
basically made up of nine steps, and in my opinion, it is put in place
to intimidate and force a confession out of innocent people. The nine
steps are:
1. The police officer will present the suspect
with evidence that they committed the crime. (This evidence can be real
or fake.)
2. The officer comes up with a story as to why they believe the suspect committed the crime.
3. If the suspect tries to deny that they committed the crime, the detective will immediately interrupt the suspect.
4.
If the suspect tries to give a logical explanation as to why it is not
possible for them to have committed the crime, this explanation will be
refuted.
5. At this stage, the detective will pretend to be the suspect’s ally.
6. The suspect, at this point, is studied for body language to see if they are about to surrender.
7. The interrogator provides the suspect with contrasting possible motives for the crime.
8. The detective will urge the suspect to talk about the crime.
9. The confession: At this stage the suspect usually feels intimidated and anxious and a confession is taken.
The
evidence that Sergeant Christopher Savage, a former police officer,
gave to me in an interview last year discussing SBS demonstrates that
this procedure is commonly used. [10]
Researchers Uncover The Truth
Early this year, Dr. Michael Innis published his latest peer-reviewed
study in Clinical Medicine Research. His paper titled "Autoimmunity and
Non-Accidental Injury in Children" discusses the cases of five children
suffering from brain injuries and fractures after vaccinations. After
studying each case in depth, he concluded that vaccination could be
responsible for the triad of injuries commonly associated with SBS. [11]
In his paper, Dr. Innis outlines that the response to antigenic
stimulation damaged the beta cells in the pancreas causing
hypoinsulinaemia (unusually low levels of insulin in the blood), which
inhibited the cellular uptake of vitamin C, resulting in liver
dysfunction, failure of carboxylation of the vitamin K dependent
proteins, resulting in hemorrhages and fractures associated with the
triad. He concluded that fractures, retinal and subdural hemorrhages and
encephalopathy in children are autoimmune responses to antigenic
stimulation in a genetically susceptible individual.
He explains that common antigens are mandated vaccines, viral, bacterial and parasitic infections.
To understand exactly how cases of vaccine damage are frequently misdiagnosed as SBS, please read Dr. Innis’s paper in full.
I found his paper easy to read, interesting and revealing and I was
particularly enlightened to see him open his paper by quoting the work
of psychologist Lisa Blakemore-Brown, who in 1995-1996 became the first
professional to identify that parents were being falsely accused of
child abuse after their child had suffered a vaccine injury.
Do You Need More Proof?
Many other professionals support the fact that parents are being falsely
accused of SBS. In 2008, Kent R. Holcomb published the paper "Shaken
Baby Syndrome: Actual Innocence Petition," in which he demonstrated that
the Shaken Baby Syndrome theory was unstable by using a “hypothetical
case.” [12]
In his paper, Holcomb states that the biomechanical branch of science is
the one and only discipline with the expertise, experimental data, and
responsibility to determine if a biomechanical event such as human
shaking (SBS) or lethal minor falls (LMF) can or cannot cause
potentially fatal injuries such as subdural hematoma (SDH).
For years, the triad of injuries has been the only evidence used in
criminal procedures to convict parents of shaking their babies.
According to a growing number of professionals, this misguided trust has
resulted in many innocent parents being charged and convicted of
murder.
However, times are changing, and as Holcomb explains, the history of
medicine is full of examples of practices that, during their times, were
generally accepted by a consensus of medical opinion, only to be later
rejected as useless, potentially harmful, or sometimes even lethal.
Professionals are recognizing that Shaken Baby Syndrome is an unsafe
diagnosis, due to the evidence being presented with the use of
biomechanics. According to Holcomb, the study of biomechanics has proven
that humans lack the physical strength needed to cause fatal brain
injuries from manual shaking alone. He says that if a child were to be
shaken as described in SBS cases, then this violence would result in a
high incidence of spinal paralysis from neck injuries in infants, which
has never been reported in association with SBS.
In 2009, Holcomb published a paper titled "Justification for a Federal
Injunction to Suspend All Vaccine Licenses Based on Unreasonable Health
Risks and Causal Links to Chronic Disease Pandemics."
Holcomb states very clearly that vaccines are unsafe at all levels. He
says that a hypothesis is not proven until all the data has been read.
He says:
When evaluating vaccine-safety-hypotheses,
like all other hypotheses, the SHHS (Secretary of Health and Human
Services) cannot accept the hypothesis as proven nor upgrade it to
scientific theory, until said hypothesis is submitted to vigorous
scientific testing and until all attempts at falsification have failed.
Assessing
all the clinical trial and epidemiological studies that are available
to support the “vaccines-are-safe” hypothesis, the SHHS would recognize
that each one of these studies have flaws that would prevent them from
earning QER I or QER II ratings. 21-day clinical trials that lack proper
controls cannot support long-term safety claims. Every SHHS population
study failed to either apply proper methodology/design or represent the
proper population group. Other population studies, such as the secret
VSD studies, though published, could not be classified as valid science
since their methodologies and data sets were not disclosed. A hypothesis
that cannot be examined or tested is not science but rather a
faith-based belief system.
Holcomb makes very clear
throughout his paper that vaccinations have not been adequately tested
or evaluated and states that when assessing the quality of data, the
SHHS would know that “repeated opinions based on poor quality data
cannot improve the quality of evidence.”
Holcomb states on page three of his paper, “a hypothesis that cannot be
examined or tested is not science but rather a faith-based belief
system.”
This statement is absolutely correct and I believe that the same could
be said for the SBS hypothesis. The hypothesis that the “triad” of
injuries can be caused by manually shaking a child has never been
proven; therefore, it is a “faith-based belief system.” In fact,
biomechanics have proven that it is not physically possible to manually
shake a child with enough veracity to cause the “triad,” which is
supported by the work of Dr. John D. Llyod and many others. [13]
Conclusion
There
are many papers that state that children have died within weeks, if not
days, of receiving multiple vaccinations. Many of these children have
been misdiagnosed as suffering from Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Shaken Baby Syndrome is a hypothesis — a theory — as it has never been
conclusively proven that a baby has been shaken to death. I have yet to
find concrete evidence of someone physically shaking a baby so hard that
the baby has later died solely from the “triad” of injuries. There are,
however, a number of biomechanical studies stating that it is not
physically possible to manually shake a baby to such a degree that it
causes the triad of injuries associated with SBS.
Therefore, this leaves us with the question, Can vaccinations cause the “triad” of injuries associated with SBS?
There are no studies conclusively proving that vaccinations can cause
the SBS triad, but since vaccinations have been never been proven to be
conclusively safe, as it is classed as unethical to study equal numbers
of vaccinated and unvaccinated children, this hypothesis cannot be
examined or tested, therefore rendering it not as science, but simply a
faith-based belief system, as Holcomb suggested. Unfortunately, this
belief syndrome has caused the incarceration of many innocent parents.
Not all parents who are accused of Shaken Baby Syndrome are child
murderers, and as we have seen, there are many causes as to why children
die from these horrendous brain injuries. The medical profession needs
to examine the real causes of Shaken Baby Syndrome, especially
vaccination, and stop using parents as their ‘get out of jail free
card.’
References:
1.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1796151/
2.
http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/688…
3.
http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/Abusive%20HeadTrauma_NDAA.pdf
4.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3284047/
5.
www.ecomed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/3-tomljenovic.pdf
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http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/salud/esp_salud33d.htm
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http://www.freeyurko.bizland.com/storyofbabyalan.html
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http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/nine-steps-reid-interrogation-technique
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http://www.portland-criminaldefense.com/false-confessions-the-reid-technique/
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http://vactruth.com/2012/11/08/brainwashed-police-ignore-vaccine-injuries/
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http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo.aspx…
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www.medicalveritas.com/man1828_1835.pdf
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http://www.drergonomics.com/shakenbaby.html
This article originally appeared at VacTruth.com
http://vactruth.com/2013/06/22/shaken-baby-syndrome/
