Tag: infants
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Policy Critique: Vitamin K Shots at Birth are a Universally Applied Therapy Not Everyone Needs – And in the U.S., Shots are a Monopoly
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Mar. 23, 2026) — When does “Standard of Care” cross over into “monopoly enforcement of medical therapy given without indication”? It’s true: infants are nearly always born with low Vitamin K. But the low levels are consistent across all mammals to varying degrees. Some researchers argue this may be physiologically intentional —…
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Science Shows that Day-of-Birth HepB Vaccination has No Added Protection and Disproportionate Added Risk
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Sep. 19, 2025) — Here we review the science that shows the day-of-birth HepB dose has no significant benefit in terms of final immunity. Yet, it adds exposure risk for 100% of infants. The actual risk of benefit applies to <0.01% of the birth cohort—and even then, only…
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Yet Another Study Shows Pediatricians and Near-Birth Doctors Do Not Know What They Are Doing to Our Infants
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024 (Jun. 25, 2024) — Children’s Health Defense research scientists published a new study in The International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research, June 2024 This study investigates whether combinations of vaccines given to infants increase adverse health outcomes. It examines over 1.5 million vaccine combinations administered to…