The DTP vax has had a few mentions recently. In my case I got it inadvertently when I agreed to a tetanus jab (my last jab ever).
DTP = Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, a triple banger vax that many of us received in childhood. It's no longer available in the United States, but is still given in 40 countries.
In 2021, Aaron Siri wrote a letter to the UN asking them to stop using it. The letter shows evidence of the DTP vaccine increasing child mortality by TEN TIMES.
He describes an attempt by Dr. Aaby, a famous researcher generally supportive of vaccines, to look into Guinea-Bissau’s vaccination program, which ended up being an incidental randomized study.
Depending on their birth date, children were allocated to receive the DTP vaccine either early or late (3 or 5 months). That is a randomized experiment that could compare the mortality of children vaccinated with DTP with that of unvaccinated kids. The vaccinated infants 3-5 months old died much more often than the unvaccinated ones
Shocked by the unexpected and disappointing (for him as a vaccine researcher) findings of his 2017 study, Dr. Aaby undertook another study in 2018 to see if his results were a fluke. They weren’t:
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DTP Vax Data
Date: 2023-05-27 08:15 am (UTC)DTP = Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, a triple banger vax that many of us received in childhood. It's no longer available in the United States, but is still given in 40 countries.
In 2021, Aaron Siri wrote a letter to the UN asking them to stop using it. The letter shows evidence of the DTP vaccine increasing child mortality by TEN TIMES.
He describes an attempt by Dr. Aaby, a famous researcher generally supportive of vaccines, to look into Guinea-Bissau’s vaccination program, which ended up being an incidental randomized study.
Depending on their birth date, children were allocated to receive the DTP vaccine either early or late (3 or 5 months). That is a randomized experiment that could compare the mortality of children vaccinated with DTP with that of unvaccinated kids. The vaccinated infants 3-5 months old died much more often than the unvaccinated ones
Shocked by the unexpected and disappointing (for him as a vaccine researcher) findings of his 2017 study, Dr. Aaby undertook another study in 2018 to see if his results were a fluke. They weren’t:
The study is here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28188123/