What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
www.propublica.org
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
  • morysal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    4 months ago

    The really awful part is that these parents probably believed they were protecting their children. Misinformation becomes a lot darker when the consequences are irreversible.

  • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
    51·
    4 months ago

    Why are babies born without enough vitamin K? Is it something to do with the modern diet or it’s just a “defect” humans have had for millions of years that we just happened to overcome in 1943?

    • Archer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      The base rate of infant mortality used to be significantly higher than it is now. It’s possible it was always there and we didn’t evolve it away for some reason