Board-Certified Pediatrician specializing in Parenting and Holistic Health. Dad. Author. Columnist. No medical advice given
Jun 30 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING🚨:
Claim: Secretary Kennedy says the CDC covered up an internal study which found a 1135% increase in autism risk from hepatitis B vaccine.
Let's break down what we know about this finding.
1/ Initial Findings Were Preliminary and Revised
The 1135% increase figure is based on early, unadjusted data. It was reportedly seen in small subgroups, such as boys who received the vaccine at birth compared to those who got it later.
According to the CDC and peer-reviewed follow-up studies, once the data was controlled for confounding factors (e.g., low birth weight, prematurity, healthcare access, and maternal age), the elevated risk disappeared.
Verstraeten himself clarified later that the initial signal did not hold up after better data cleaning and statistical adjustments. Source: Verstraeten et al., Pediatrics, 2003.
Feb 4, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Here are 15 things I have learned as an Integrative Pediatrician that I wish every parent could hear:
1. You are responsible for your children’s health. The medical system and government will do very little for their long-term health.
2. Toughen up. It is not shaming or blaming to understand your role as parent is protector and guardian of their health.
3. Our modern lifestyle is a disaster for pediatric health. ½ of all children have some sort of chronic illness. We are failing
