Claim: There was a decrease in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the USA in 2020 as a result of scheduled vaccinations being cancelled.
Fact-check: No evidence for drop in US sudden infant death syndrome cases - Full Fact
Verdict: there was a decrease in reports of sids to the us vaccine adverse event reporting system but these represent a tiny proportion of sids cases. there's no evidence childhood vaccinations are linked to sids.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-02-25T00:00:00