Death
Vaccine Death Rate Higher than Pre Vaccine Era Infectious Disease Death Rate
"Deaths: In 14 clinical trials, 5 deaths were reported among 8,088 (0.06%) recipients of PEDIARIX and 1 death was reported among 2,287 (0.04%) recipients of comparator vaccines.
(This is 60/100,000. The rate of death from whooping cough was around 1/100,000 before the vaccine was introduced in the u.s. The rate of death from infectious diseases was lower than this before vaccines were introduced. SIDS did not exist until after vaccines were introduced.)
Causes of death in the group that received PEDIARIX included 2 cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and one case of each of the following: convulsive disorder, congenital immunodeficiency with sepsis, and neuroblastoma. One case of SIDS was reported in the comparator group.
The rate of SIDS among all recipients of PEDIARIX across the 14 trials was 0.25/1,000.
(This is 25/100,000. Again, the rate of death from infectious diseases in the u.s. was about 50/100,000 among infants before vaccines were introduced. Before you say this shows a declining rate of death among infants since vaccination was introduced, keep in mind that this is only one cause of death, not all.)
The rate of SIDS observed for recipients of PEDIARIX in the German safety study was 0.2/1,000 infants (reported rate of SIDS in Germany in the latter part of the 1990s was 0.7/1,000 newborns).
The reported rate of SIDS in the United States from 1990 to 1994 was 1.2/1,000 live births. By chance alone, some cases of SIDS can be expected to follow receipt of pertussis-containing vaccines."
(This is a rate of 120/100,000 infants dying of SIDS. Remember the rate of death from infectious diseases before vaccines were introduced was 50/100,000.)
This quote comes from the clinical trial information provided by the manufacturer of the vaccine. It can be found here:
https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Pediarix/pdf/PEDIARIX.PDF
(This is 60/100,000. The rate of death from whooping cough was around 1/100,000 before the vaccine was introduced in the u.s. The rate of death from infectious diseases was lower than this before vaccines were introduced. SIDS did not exist until after vaccines were introduced.)
Causes of death in the group that received PEDIARIX included 2 cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and one case of each of the following: convulsive disorder, congenital immunodeficiency with sepsis, and neuroblastoma. One case of SIDS was reported in the comparator group.
The rate of SIDS among all recipients of PEDIARIX across the 14 trials was 0.25/1,000.
(This is 25/100,000. Again, the rate of death from infectious diseases in the u.s. was about 50/100,000 among infants before vaccines were introduced. Before you say this shows a declining rate of death among infants since vaccination was introduced, keep in mind that this is only one cause of death, not all.)
The rate of SIDS observed for recipients of PEDIARIX in the German safety study was 0.2/1,000 infants (reported rate of SIDS in Germany in the latter part of the 1990s was 0.7/1,000 newborns).
The reported rate of SIDS in the United States from 1990 to 1994 was 1.2/1,000 live births. By chance alone, some cases of SIDS can be expected to follow receipt of pertussis-containing vaccines."
(This is a rate of 120/100,000 infants dying of SIDS. Remember the rate of death from infectious diseases before vaccines were introduced was 50/100,000.)
This quote comes from the clinical trial information provided by the manufacturer of the vaccine. It can be found here:
https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Pediarix/pdf/PEDIARIX.PDF
Vaccines and Death, Data and Resources
"From the first human vaccines developed two centuries ago, smallpox and rabies vaccines, death has always been a complication of vaccination. In 1933, the whole cell pertussis vaccine’s ability to kill without warning was first reported in the medical literature when two infants died within minutes of a pertussis shot. In 1946, American doctors detailed the sudden deaths of twins within 24 hours of their second diphtheria-pertussis shot. In 1986, the U.S. Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and has awarded over $2 billion dollars in compensation for deaths and injuries caused by vaccines."
http://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/May-2011/In-Memoriam--Infant-Deaths---Vaccination.aspx
http://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/May-2011/In-Memoriam--Infant-Deaths---Vaccination.aspx