Paralytic polio was rare until the late nineteenth century, at which point mass vaccination for various diseases became routine in the West. With increasing levels of vaccination against various diseases in the Third World, paralytic polio is now a problem there as well. This study found that 53 of 145 SIDS victims whose families were interviewed had received a DPT vaccination within 4 weeks. They call for more studies to substantiate their findings, despite the fact that this is already the third investigation, and all 3 have pointed in the same direction. Because of improvements in socio-economic conditions the incidence and deaths from whooping cough have declined significantly, well before the introduction of the vaccine.
Whooping cough can be a serious disease in very young children if treated inappropriately.
Homoeopathic medicines have proved to be very successful in treating the disease. The benefits of the procedure do not justify the risks. A report on a study of 11 healthy individuals to determine the effects of routine tetanus booster vaccinations, showed that the vaccinations weaken the immune system of the recipients. In order to reduce the considerable reactions associated with the tetanus vaccine, it has been over the decades made progressively weaker. If contracted, diphtheria is readily treatable.