SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

BY: WENDY CALLAHAN

DECEMBER 2, 2003

My interest on the 30-year-old medical phenomenon known as shaken-baby

syndrome began as I researched vaccines following an adverse reaction my
daughter experienced. She stopped breathing after her vaccinations. Out of
instinct or whatever takes over when you panic, I shook her to try and
resuscitate her. Luckily she did begin to breathe and with that frightening
experience, began my research. Since I did shake her, I have paid special
attention to shaken baby cases. Had her outcome been different, I could be
writing this from a jail cell myself.
My current interest is the well known shaken baby case involving Alan Yurko.
(1) Alan Yurko has been incarcerated since he was arrested and jailed in
November, 1997 for allegedly causing the death of his infant son by what is
known as shaken baby syndrome (SBS). I will attempt to show the reader
that this is not truly a syndrome at all but a medical condition related to
vaccine damage or other congenital defects in the child. Typically this
syndrome is diagnosed by retinal hemorrhages, subdural hematomas and
brain bleeding. No agency keeps an accurate count of the number of
shaken-baby cases nationwide. An article in a summer 1998 publication from
the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome estimated between 600 and
1,400 shaken-baby cases occur in the United States each year. Some put the
estimate at 1,200 to 1,500 cases nationwide each year.
The average age of the child diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome is 0 to 6
months with the most frequent incidence at two and four months. There
have been cases prosecuted with children as old as four years. When a child
dies, emotions run high and parents are convicted with little evidence and
few medical exams done properly. Shaking alone does not kill children. For
example there was a recent case where Claudia Muro the nanny, was video
taped shaking her charge vigorously, yet no damage to the child was found.
This shaking video played on national television for weeks. In fact, in all of
the taped or witnessed accounts of shaken children, none have shown the
damage that some parents are convicted of inflicting on their children. This
should make the prosecutors of innocent parents take note. Studies done by

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Dr. Ommaya (2) on monkeys have concluded the same. Shaking alone does
not kill children.
Vaccines are considered life saving medicine and are credited with halting
disease. A little research will show you improved sanitation and better
nutrition were the major contributing factors to absence of disease. I will
begin with some information about the contents of vaccines as well as the
vaccine schedule. The vaccines that are given at, two, four and six months
old are DPaT, hepatitis B, Hib, polio. A flu shot is also given at the six month
visit. In some hospitals the first vaccine given is hepatitis B at 12 hours old
for a sexually transmitted disease.
If you ask your pediatrician for the package inserts to all these vaccines you
will find the ingredients listed are neurotoxic and could easily cause any of
the SBS symptoms. Heavy metals top the list in dangerous chemicals.
Aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, antifreeze and virus fragments are all
listed as ingredients in vaccines. By the time your infant child is 18 months
old he or she will have received 31 doses of vaccine all with the above
mentioned toxins. The flu shot for example contains 25 micrograms of
thimerosal or mercury. The CDC recommends no more than five micrograms
of mercury if you weigh 110 lbs. In order for this one vaccine to be safe using
government standards, you would need to weigh 550 lbs. A capable liver is
required to detoxify this amount of toxin. Children born premature, with
problems, or whose immune systems are not capable of coping with the
many contaminants and toxic preservatives in vaccines, can suffer adverse
reactions.
Alan Yurko’s baby was just such a child. He should have never been
vaccinated. His mother Francine was sick her entire pregnancy and only
gained two pounds throughout. She suffered with group B Streptococcal
vaginal infection, E. coli urinary tract infection, and gestational diabetes.
She delivered six weeks early due to loss of amniotic fluid or
oligohydramnios. Typically if the mother has a loss of amniotic fluid this
signifies the baby’s kidneys are not working properly. Healthy kidneys are
needed to excrete the aluminum in vaccines other wise it accumulates in the
brain. The baby weighed 5lbs 9oz and was named after his father Alan.
In his short life he suffered from pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome,
and hyper-bilirubinemia. Baby Alan was diagnosed with failure to thrive but
at two months, equivalent to his being two weeks old adjusted for premature
birth, he received six vaccines. Within 24 hours, low grade fever, irritability,
and diarrhea developed, all of which continued for about ten days when he
emitted a high pitched scream. The French call this cry “cry encephalic”
brain damage in progress. A quick internet search will provide many
documents on vaccine induced encephalitis. On the morning of November
24, Alan Yurko was at home with the baby and his four-year old sister when
the baby's breathing stopped he rushed the baby to the hospital but 75
hours later, baby Alan was dead.

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According to Dr. Torche in his study on SIDS, adverse vaccine reactions for
the most part occur 12-14 days after vaccination. It takes a while for the
toxins to dissipate and cause damage. Alan Yurko was arrested before the
baby died. He was not allowed to attend the funeral. He was offered a plea
in exchange for admitting he killed the child but he refused to admit to
something that was not true. After a short trial where no mention of
vaccines or medical error was brought up in testimony, he was sentenced to
life plus ten years.
It took two years of constant research for him to find the connections
between vaccines and sudden death of children. He poured over his son’s
medical records and contacted many medical doctors, including Dr. Buttram
and Dr. Orient. It was through them he found out the truth.
VAERS is the government’s vaccine adverse event reporting system. All
vaccine reactions are to be reported there. It is estimated by the CDC that
10% of adverse reactions are reported. One of the vaccines given to baby
Alan was from a batch that stands as the number one ranking in deaths, in
non-recoveries, and the fourth ranking in total events reported for all
Connaught Labs DPaT vaccines between 1990-1999. DPaT lot number
7H81507, had five other babies die in the same year. This information was
not available to Alan’s defense team. No one looked for vaccines to be
responsible for his death. After searching every medical record pertaining to
baby Alan, many other mistakes have come to light. Alan Yurko has been
very proactive in getting help for his plight. Hundreds of doctors have
confirmed vaccines are capable of causing death and have rallied to his
defense. One such Doctor is Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati, PhD, DABT,DABVT
Toxicologist and Pathologist. (3)He has written his evaluation of the situation
and is a strong supporter of Alan Yurko.
He uncovered discrepancies that should free him. This is an excerpt of his
report:
Dr. Shashi B. Gore (the baby’s medical examiner) described the histology of
the heart in his autopsy report, but the heart had been donated prior to
autopsy. In addition, Dr. Gore is on record stating that baby Alan’s head
circumference was 22 cm, but the medical records show the head
circumference to have been 37.5 cm at eighteen days prior to the autopsy.
He also reported the baby as black. This was a white infant. This data
indicates that Dr. Gore got his cases confused. Furthermore, the state’s four
expert witnesses did not review the evidence or the related published
literature to sort out the facts. Their testimonies were based on theories, not
on medical evidence. The prosecutor contributed to the problem by focusing
upon that theory only. I believe that the state of Florida has the responsibility
to review the evidence in light of my report.
It demonstrates Mr. Yurko’s innocence, and the state should take speedy
action to free him from prison. It is very clear to anyone looking at this case
for the first time that the medical examiner had described the wrong baby. To
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add insult to injury, the doctors taking care of baby Alan made numerous
medical mistakes while he was in their care.
Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati says, ". . . the baby was treated with excessive
amount of sodium bicarbonate on November 24th. The blood pH increased
from 7.10 to 7.67, and this treatment caused metabolic alkalosis, hypoxia,
hypokalemia, and cerebral edema. At high blood pH, the release of oxygen
from hemoglobin to the tissues is reduced significantly.
In addition, the baby was also given heparin at 2:45 PM at high dose level of
219 IU/kg per hour. At 3:15 PM, blood analysis showed elevated prothrombin
time and fibrinogen split product level. Heparin given to patients suffering
from anemia, hypotension, and unexplained symptoms similar to baby Alan’s
has caused serious hemorrhagic events. A computerized tomography scan of
the brain taken at 7:50 PM showed a subdural hematoma on the right side of
the brain, and intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Based on the hourly heparin
dose (219 IU/kg per hour), the estimated total dose infused in five hours was
1095 IU/kg, which is about 8.8 times the recommended maintenance dose
for infants of 125 IU/kg per five hours.”
Baby Alan died from a bad vaccine and iatrogenic medical treatment, not
shaken baby syndrome.
The problem with diagnosing SBS is that it resembles so many other
diseases. One example is infantile scurvy or Barlow’s disease. The lack of
vitamin C can cause the same symptoms, bruising, bleeding and broken
bones. You need only to go back a few hundred years and read tales of the
early explorers and their problems with scurvy. It took 40 years from the time
it was discovered all these sailors needed was a little lemon juice before it
was included in their rations! It is common knowledge today that every cell
in the body needs vitamin C. Without this vital vitamin a series of events
takes place. The smallest capillaries are the first to go as seen in retinal
hemorrhages. The veins and small capillaries require vitamin C to hold
together. The bones need vitamin C to connect to the cartilage. (4) Without
the required amounts of C circulating, the veins just let go of their contents
and a bruise is formed and bones look on an x-ray as if they have broken
where they connect to the cartilage. To the untrained eye it would seem that
a baby presenting with these symptoms had been abused. (5) Vitamin C in
breast milk is eight to ten times higher than maternal plasma concentration.
Breast fed babies in turn, get an adequate supply of C. Vitamin C protects
babies from toxic chemicals found in vaccines. If the baby is bottle fed and
the milk put in a microwave to be heated, all of the vitamin C is destroyed in
the first few seconds. Babies, who are on the verge of not holding their own
or without capable livers for detoxification of chemicals in their vaccines, are
prime candidates for death. Francine was unable to breastfeed and all of her
son’s bottles were microwaved (6). Another vitamin tragedy was played out
in Israel recently. It seems the formula maker Remedia by the German
company Humana Milchunion, forgot to add the B1 to the milk substitute.

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Three babies have lost their lives so far with many others ill. Vitamin
deficiency is not the only reason a child might present with symptoms that
resemble SBS. Here are other reasons that can account for the deaths of
young children with similar symptoms.
• Vacuum extraction, other birth trauma
• Cerebral aneurysm
• Ontogenesis imperfecta
• Sickle cell anemia
• Alagille syndrome
• Leukemia
• Autoimmune disorders
I have read the stories of at least ten such incidences where the child is
presumed shaken only to find out they had been recently vaccinated or had
an underlying disease. One father, an anesthesiologist, tried unsuccessfully
to have children for 11 years. Finally after the third invitro fertilization, he
and his wife conceived. The baby weighed 2lbs 1oz when she was born. The
child died shortly following her vaccinations. The father was alone with the
child when she stopped breathing and was convicted of SBS. He was
sentenced to six years in prison. Lets for a moment take the emotion out of
having a child die and look at the circumstances. Imagine how much money
was spent on invitro fertilization by these parents. Imagine the joy of the
parents finally after eleven long years, having a child. Imagine doctor visits
and invasive procedures done in the name of health on a premature baby.
Then try to imagine after five short months of life, a loving father, so angry
with his ailing premature baby, that he shakes her to death.
This is not even logical. After you realize all the families stories are the same
it is easy to see that Shaken baby syndrome bears a striking resemblance to
the infamous Salem’s witch hunt of the 1600’s. It’s almost a script. Usually
the baby is bottle fed, the father is alone with the child when breathing stops
and he is automatically accused of shaking the child. Once the police are
called the parents are separated, interrogated and are encouraged to
“confess” to the others guilt. This is an example how a confession is
extracted: “yes, my daughter stopped breathing and I shook her.” There you
have it. A confession and off to jail you are taken.
Doctors have a hard time admitting vaccines could ever have caused this
amount of damage. Acknowledging this would be admitting to being an
accomplice in the crime. Very few doctors know the contents of the vaccines
they are injecting into children however; ignorance should not be an excuse.
In many SBS cases the child was vaccinated the very same day yet this
information is ignored. Families are torn apart with little regard to the truth.
Someone must be blamed for the death of a child and it will not be vaccines.
Alan Yurko’s case is in the appeals process now and with the new
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information, he should be exonerated. Unfortunately justice is not free. The
estimated cost of his defense is approximately 55,000 dollars he does not
have.
In conclusion, I am sure there are parents who abuse their children and they
should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. However, let us be
confident beyond a shadow of a doubt before parents or care givers are
convicted. A vast majority of babies diagnosed with SBS have no whiplash
injuries. It is not possible to shake a child with the force necessary to cause
brain bleeding and not have a neck or spinal injury. SBS is junk science and
should be exposed as such with an independent long term study of the
correlation of vaccines and SBS. It seems to me you only need to look as far
as your pediatricians needle to find the truth.
(1) Alan Yurko’s website http://www.freeyurko.bizland.com
(2) British Journal of Neurosurgery 2002; 16(3): 220–242 ISSN 0268–
8697 print/ISSN 1360–046X online/02/030220–23 © The Neurosurgical
Foundation DOI: 10.1080/0268869022014882 4 Biomechanics and
neuropathology of adult and paediatric head injury A. K. OMMAYA*, W.
GOLDSMITH** & L. THIBAULT**** Department of Neurosurgery, George
Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC, ** Department
of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley, California, and *** Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Abstract
(3) http://www.freeyurko.bizland.com/albayati1.html
(4) PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 4 October 2001, p. e76 ELECTRONIC
ARTICLE: Infantile Scurvy: A Historical Perspective Kumaravel
Rajakumar, MD
(5) http://www.drlera.com/health_beauty/healthy_baby/lactation.htm
(6) Health Effects of Microwave Radiation - Microwave Ovens by Lita
Lee, PhD http://ighawaii.com/naturally/newsletter/micro.html or
http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html