Idaho mom charged with murder says vaccines killed her twins. Doctors say it’s not possible
Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr, still stands by Andrea Shaw after her indictmentAn Idaho mother charged with the first-degree murders of her 18-month-old twins has blamed their deaths on vaccines they received eight days before they died. But doctors who reviewed details about the case at the request of the Guardian say vaccines did not kill them.“This was not a close call,” said Dr Jake Scott, a clinical infectious disease physician at Stanford who specializes in vaccine science.
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Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr, still stands by Andrea Shaw after her indictmentAn Idaho mother charged with the first-degree murders of her 18-month-old twins has blamed their deaths on vaccines they received eight days before they died. But doctors who reviewed details about the case at the request of the Guardian say vaccines did not kill them.“This was not a close call,” said Dr Jake Scott, a clinical infectious disease physician at Stanford who specializes in vaccine science. “I can say with confidence what didn’t happen here. It was not the vaccines.” Continue reading...
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- Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr, still stands by Andrea Shaw after her indictmentAn Idaho mother charged with the first-degree murders of her 18-month-old twins has blamed their deaths on vaccines they received eight days before they died. But doctors who reviewed details about the case at the request of the Guardian say vaccines did not kill them.“This was not a close call,” said Dr Jake Scott, a clinical infectious disease physician at Stanford who specializes in vaccine science.
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