To take a break from all the amazing revalations being thrown out into the public doman, shit we've known for years, I took a little tour down the cute animals lane and had an epiphany. Remember when babies were dying by the hundreds, if not thousands blamed on CATS smothering them?
WTF was with that? Does anyone else remember that?
Not finding much online right now, gonna dig a little deeper, this was in the 70's to 80's for sure.
>>17442690 (me)
Found this study: Evidence Concerning Pertussis Vaccines and Deaths Classified as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Prior to the 1960s, little was known about the epidemiology of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Deaths that occurred suddenly and unexpectedly were generally certified as being due to another cause of death such as pneumonitis rather than an unknown cause (Peterson, 1980). In an international conference in 1969, SIDS became defined as "the sudden death of any infant or young child, which is unexpected by history, and in which a thorough postmortem examination fails to demonstrate an adequate cause of death" (Bergman et al., 1970, p. 18). The postmortem examination to be performed was specified to include gross examination of the thorax, abdomen, brain, and larynx; histologic examination of the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidney, and any other organs suspected to be involved by either history or macroscopic findings; and any additional studies (e.g., cultures and toxicology) indicated by any of those findings. In many children who die from SIDS, petechiae are found on the surfaces of the lung, pericardium, and thymus and have been ascribed to nonspecific agonal anoxia. However, there are no pathognomonic findings; the diagnosis therefore is one of exclusion, a process that depends on the training, experience, and judgment of the examiner (Peterson, 1980).
It was not until 1975 that the coding of such deaths was modified, so that these deaths could be classified specifically as SIDS. The use of a standard definition and the specific classification of SIDS as a distinct syndrome has facilitated identification of such cases, permitting the emergence of the descriptive epidemiology of SIDS in the 1970s and 1980s.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234368/
This goes really deep and I am calling for a DIG on this.
Sudden unexplained infant death, 1970 through 1975 an evolution in understanding
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/335346/
Dr. Anthony Fauci has served as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. He's become a prominent leader during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.biography.com/scientist/anthony-fauci
Anthony Fauci was born on December 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Eugenia Lillian (née Abys; 1909–1965) and Stephen A. Fauci (1910–2008). His father was a Columbia University-educated pharmacist who owned his pharmacy. Fauci's mother and sister worked the pharmacy's register, and Fauci delivered prescriptions. Fauci's mother also worked at a dry cleaner. The pharmacy was located in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, directly beneath the family apartment, previously in the Bensonhurst neighborhood.[10][11] When he was a child, Fauci developed a fascination with World War II.[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci
About Stephen Antonio Fauci
"Both sets of grandparents immigrated to New York City via Ellis Island at the turn of the twentieth century and initially settled in lower Manhattan’s Little Italy, where Tony’s mom, Eugenia Abys, and dad, Stephen Fauci, were born. Later, both families moved independently of each other to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn. Eugenia and Stephen met in eighth grade, attended high school together, and were married one year after graduation. Tony’s dad attended Columbia University and became a pharmacist while his mom attended Hunter College. They had two children, first a daughter, Denise, and then a son, Anthony Stephen, who was born in Brooklyn Hospital.
The Faucis ran a neighborhood pharmacy at 13th Avenue and 83rd Street and lived in an apartment above (Figure (Figure1).1). The whole family helped out in the business — his dad working in the back of the pharmacy while his mother and sister operated the register. Tony delivered prescriptions from the time he was old enough to ride a bike. He was raised in a Catholic tradition, receiving his first communion at age 7 and confirmation at age 12. Strong family relationships were an important part of Tony’s upbringing."
https://www.geni.com/people/Stephen-Fauci/6000000126678685954
Project Paperclip anyone?