These are the
statistics according to most Doctors in Britain:
95% of shaken baby syndrome cases are
proven
up to 200 children die each year from
shaken baby syndrome
in the very young infants, deliberately
inflicted injuries to the head are believed to be the most common form of
death
The recent conviction of registered
childminder, Helen Stacy, and the impending trial of the Australian nanny
has again brought the subject of child abuse specifically in the area of
head injury into the news headlines again. We would like to show the other
side of the coin, when parents and carers are wrongly accused of Shaken Baby
Syndrome.
Undetected Birth Trauma
144 families in the UK and 47 families in the
US have now contacted us with similar stories, in relation to Shaken Baby
Syndrome (SBS), since we went public with our case.
Misdiagnosis - Missed Cot Death
Grandparents and mother accused of shaken baby
syndrome after baby suddenly died in the grandfathers arms. Cot death (SIDS)
was proved after a post mortem. Ironically the death of the baby in this
case freed the family - had she not died then the mother, sister and
grandparents would have been charged with attempted murder.
Infection
A registered childminder and parents of a baby
aged 8 months were also wrongly accused of shaken baby syndrome, when the
baby collapsed and stopped breathing. Our case prompted the police to drop
charges against them.
Undiagnosed Vaccine Damage
Baby died suddenly on day that it received a
vaccination. Mother was charged with murder by shaking. Pathologist admitted
he did not know what had killed the baby - yet SBS was diagnosed. Mother is
pregnant again and is due in court. Baby will be removed at birth.
British families are being wrongly accused
of inflicting brain injury on their children. They have been arrested and
charged with shaken baby syndrome - causing brain injury by shaking their
baby - only to be completely exonerated after a nightmare ordeal.
However, medical experts believe that even
with the above statistics, mistakes are being made and people wrongly
accused. It still leaves the question over what happens to the 5% of cases
that are innocent of shaken baby syndrome - hence our name The Five
Percenters.
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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"