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Aug 27, 2023Liked by James Lyons-Weiler

Thank you for noting that newborn infants do not have full kidney function, mentioned in your study "Impact of catch-up vaccination on aluminum exposure due to new laws and post social distancing." (link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X20302145).

I think it's also crucial to mention that premature infants have even less adequate kidney function,. "With premature delivery, kidney function dynamically changes within the first weeks: The kidney receives 2.5–4% of cardiac output at birth which increases to 15–18% by 6 weeks of life, approaching adult values of 20–25%. The GFR increases from 10–20 to 30–40 ml/min/1.73 m2 within days to reach adult values of >75 ml/min/1.73 m2 around 2 years of life." (See Stritzke A, Thomas S, Amin H, Fusch C, Lodha A. Renal consequences of preterm birth. Mol Cell Pediatr. 2017 Dec;4(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s40348-016-0068-0. Epub 2017 Jan 18. PMID: 28101838; PMCID: PMC5243236.)

The FDA sets a DAILY limit of 5 mcg/kg in parenteral solutions, and notes "Research indicates that patients with impaired kidney function, including premature neonates, who receive parenteral levels of aluminum at greater than 4 to 5 [micro]g/kg/day accumulate aluminum at levels associated with central nervous system and bone toxicity." (link: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=201.323)

Yet current policy is to hit premature newborns with the full onslaught of aluminum-adjuvanted CDC-recommended pediatric vaccines, starting with Hep B the day of birth. (link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28101838/)

A full-term newborn of 7.5 pounds (3.5 kg) would therefore have a daily limit of 17.5 mcg of aluminum. Of the 2 hepatitis B vaccines approved for newborns, both Engerix B and Recombivax contain 250 mcg aluminum. (Engerix B package insert: https://www.fda.gov/files/vaccines%2C%20blood%20%26%20biologics/published/package-insert-recombivax-hb.pdf

Recombivax package insert: https://www.fda.gov/files/vaccines%2C%20blood%20%26%20biologics/published/package-insert-recombivax-hb.pdf)

Astoundingly, the CDC recommends following chronological age rather than adjusted age, birth weight, or size. (link: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/general-recs/special-situations.html)

Later, any developmental delay or issue is blamed on the prematurity, ignoring the possibility of effect from the multiple aluminum-adjuvanted injections that had been given once or even twice before the premie has even reached standard birth weight.

I think you may have already addressed this in one of your studies, but I thought it well worth mentioning here.

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Important fact! Thank you.

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I did a cursory bit of googling of autism rates awhile back but didn't get far as I didnt' need to. Quatar just climbed the list in terms of vaccine uptake. I'm sure the are articles that talk about its vaccine campaign as a smashing success...best in region. And now they are on top of the list for autism rates. Meanwhiel france was getting admonished for its lax schedule in 2018 by CNN and they are doing the best last I looked with one of the lower autism rates. Its depressing how blatantly obvious this is once you start looking.

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